ἱκανός

ἱκανός — hikanós

ἱκανός, ἱκανή, ἱκανόν (from ἵκω, ἱκανῷ; properly, 'reaching to', 'attaining to'; hence, 'adequate'); as in Greek writings from Herodotus and Thucydides down, sufficient;

a. of number and quantity; with nouns, many enough, or enough with a genitive: ὄχλος ἱκανός, a great multitude (A. V. often much people), Mar 10:46; Luk 7:12; Act 11:24; Act 11:26; Act 19:26; λαός, Act 5:37 R G; κλαυθμός, Act 20:37; ἀργύρια ἱκανά (A. V. large money, cf. the colloquial, 'money enough'), Mat 28:12; λαμπάδες, Act 20:8; λόγοι, Luk 23:9; φῶς ἱκανόν, a considerable light (A. V. a great light), Act 22:6. of time: ἱκανῷ χρόνῳ (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 9; Buttmann, § 133, 26) for a long time (Luk 8:27 T Tr text WH); Act 8:11; also ἱκανόν χρόνον, Act 14:3; and plural Luk 20:9; ἐξ ἱκανοῦ, of a long time, now for a long time, Luk 23:8 R G; also ἐκ χρόνων, ἱκανῶν, Luk 8:27 R G L Tr marginal reading; Luk 23:8 L T Tr WH; (ἀπό ἱκανῶν ἐτῶν, these many years, Rom 15:23 WH Tr text); ἱκανοῦ... χρόνου διαγενομένου, much time having elapsed, Act 27:9; ἐφ' ἱκανόν for a long while, Act 20:11 (2Ma 8:25; Diodorus 13, 100; Palaeph. 28); ἡμέραι (cf. Lightfoot on Galatians, p. 89 n.), Act 9:23; Act 9:43; Act 18:18; Act 27:7. absolutely, ἱκανοί, many, a considerable number: Luk 7:11 (R G L brackets T Tr marginal reading brackets); Act 12:12; Act 14:21; Act 19:19; 1Co 11:30 (1Ma 13:49, etc.). ἱκανόν ἐστιν, it is enough, equivalent to enough has been said on this subject, Luk 22:38 (for Jesus, saddened at the paltry ideas of the disciples, breaks off in this way the conversation; the Jews, when a companion uttered anything absurd, were accustomed to use the phrase לָכֶם רַב (A. V. let it suffice thee, etc.), as in Deu 3:26, where the Sept. ἱκανούσθω) ἱκανόν τῷ τοιούτῳ ἡ ἐπιτιμία αὕτη, SC. ἐστι, sufficient... is this punishment, 2Co 2:6; after the Latin idiom satisfacere alicui, τό ἱκανόν ποιεῖν τίνι, to take away from one every ground of complaint (A. V. to content), Mar 15:15 (Polybius 32, 7, 13; Appendix, Puff., p. 68, Toll. edition (sec. 74, i., p. 402 edition Schweig.); (Diogenes Laërtius 4, 50); τό ἱκανο λαμβάνω (Latinsatisaccipio), to take security (either by accepting sponsors, or by a deposit of money until the case had been decided), Act 17:9.

b. sufficient in ability, i. e. meet, fit (German tüchtig (A. V. worthy, able, etc.)): πρός τί, for something, 2Co 2:16; followed by an infinitive (Buttmann, 260 (223f)), Mat 3:11; Mar 1:7; Luk 3:16; 1Co 15:9; 2Co 3:5; 2Ti 2:2; followed by ἵνα with subjunctive (Buttmann, 240 (207); cf. Winer's Grammar, 335 (314)): Mat 8:8; Luk 7:6.