What does ἱκανόω (hikanóō) mean in the Bible?
ἱκανόω (hikanóō) is a Greek word meaning "to qualify".
Greek · G2427
ἱκανόω
To qualify
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ἱκανόωG2427
Pronunciationhikanóō
What does ἱκανόω (hikanóō) mean in the Bible?
ἱκανόω (hikanóō) is a Greek word meaning "to qualify".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2427?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include has qualified (2).
Where does ἱκανόω (hikanóō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Corinthians 3:6. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1), Colossians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ithas qualified2×2 Corinthians 3:6, Colossians 1:12
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Usage map
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First aligned row2 Corinthians 3:6
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
2 Corinthians1Colossians1
Source forms
ἱκανώσαντι1xhikanōsantiColossians 1:12
ἱκάνωσεν1xhikanōsen2 Corinthians 3:6
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular1x2 Corinthians 3:6
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular1xColossians 1:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to qualify
Strong'sG2427
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to qualify
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Corinthians 3:6Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἱκάνωσενikanwsen
I make sufficient
Read verseColossians 1:12Verb Aorist Active Participle Dative Singular Masculine
ἱκανώσαντιikanwsanti
I make sufficient
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups2Aligned forms2TensesAoristVoicesActive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicativestates a fact or reality1×
Aorist Active2 Cor 3:61×
Participleverbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality1×
Aorist ActiveCol 1:121×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist2
Voice
active2
Mood
indicative1participle1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἱκανόω is built from this root:
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