02583

@LINK κανών

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2583. κανών κα^νών, όνος, [κάννα] I. any straight rod or bar:
1. in Hom. the κανόνες of a shield seem to have been two rods running across the hollow of the shield, through which the arm was passed.
2. a rod used in weaving, the shuttle or quill, by which the threads of the woof (πηνίον) were passed between those of the warp (μίτος), Il.
3. a rule used by masons or carpenters, Eur., Xen., etc.
b. a ruler, Anth.
c. metaph., ἀκτὶς ἡλίου, κανὼν σαφής, Milton's "long-levelled rule of light, " Eur.
4. the beam or tongue of the balance, Anth.
5. in pl. the keys or stops of the flute, id=Anth.
II. metaph., like Lat. regula, norma, a rule, standard of excellence, Eur.;—in Chronology, κανόνες χρονικοί were chief epochs or eras, Plut.

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2583. κανών kanwvn kanon {kan-ohn'}
from kane (a straight reed, i.e. rod); a rule ("canon"), i.e. (figuratively) a standard (of faith and practice); by implication, a boundary, i.e. (figuratively) a sphere (of activity):--line, rule.

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2583 chanah khaw-naw'

a primitive root (compare 2603); properly, to incline; by
implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening);
specifically, to pitch a tent; gen. to encamp (for abode or
siege):--abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an
end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.
see HEBREW for 02603