Definition:
ἱκανός, -ή, -όν (ἵκω, ἱκάνω, to reach, attain), [in LXX for דַּי, etc;] 1) of persons, suffcient, competent, fit: with inf, Mat.3:11, Mrk.1:7, Luk.3:16, 1Co.15:9, 2Co.3:6, 2Ti.2:2; before πρός, 2Co.2:16; before ἵνα, Mat.8:8, Luk.7:6. 2) Of things, in number, quantity or size, sufficient, enough, much, many: absol, ἱκανοί, Luk.7:11 (WH, R, omit) Luk.8:32, Act.12:12 14:21 19:19, 1Co.11:30; ὄχλος ἱ, Mrk.10:46, Luk.7:12, Act.11:24, 26 19:26; κλαυθμός, Act.20:37; ἀργύρια, Mat.28:12; λαμπάδες, Act.20:8; λόγοι, Luk.23:9; φῶς, Act.22:6; ἱ, ἐστιν (cf. לָכֶם רַב, LXX ἱκανούσθω, Deu.3:26), Luk.22:38; τὸ ἱ. ποιεῖν (Lat. satisfacere; cf. Jer.48:30), Mrk.15:15; τὸ ἱ. λαμβάνειν (Lat. satis accipere; see M, Pro.20:1-30 f.), Act.17:9; of time, ἡμέραι ἱ, Act.9:23, 43 18:18 27:7; ἱ. χρόνος, Luk.8:27, Act.8:11 14:3 27:9; pl, Luk.20:9; ἐκ χρόνων ἱ, Luk.23:8; ἀπὸ ἱ. ἐτῶν, Rom.15:23 (WH); ἐφ ̓ ἱκανόν (cf. 2Ma.8:25), Act.20:11. (AS)
Definition:
ἱκᾰν-ός [ῐ], ή, όν, (ἱκνέομαι)
sufficing, becoming, befitting; prose
adjective, used two or three times by Trag. (see. below):
I) of persons,
sufficient, competent to do a thing, with
infinitive, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. τεκμηριῶσαι
sufficient to prove a point, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίς σοῦ -ώτερος πεῖσα; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. ζημιοῦν
with sufficient power to punish, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] with
accusative _of things_, ἀνὴρ γνώμην ἱ. a man of
sufficient prudence, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. τὴν ἰατρικήν
sufficiently versed in medicine, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with
dative person,
a match for, equivalent to, εἷς ἔχων ἰατρικὴν πολλοῖς ἱ. ἰδιώταις [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐληταὶ ἱ. ὡς πρὸς ἰδιώτας
very tolerable in comparison with, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὁ Ἱ.
the Almighty, [
LXX]
I.2) in bad sense,
capable, ἱ. εἶ λαλῶν κατακόψαι πάντα [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II) of things, in amount,
sufficient, adequate, τὰ ἀρκοῦνθ᾽ ἱ. τοῖς γε σώφροσιν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱκανὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις ηὐτύχηται they have had successes
enough, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. εἴς, ἐπί, πρός τι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of size,
large enough, οὐχ ἱκανῆς οὔσης τῆς Ἁττικῆς [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ ἦν ἱκανά σοι. μέλαθρα. ἐγκαθυβρίζειν not
large enough to riot in, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of number or magnitude,
considerable, λῦπαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+], etc; of Time,
considerable, long, ἱ. χρόνον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with personal
construction, ἔφη ἱκανὸς αὐτὸς ἀτυχῶν εἶναι [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2)
sufficient, satisfactory, ἱ. μαρτυρίαν παρέχεσθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἱ. λαμβάνειν to take
security or
bail, [
NT+2nd c.AD+]; τὸ ἱ. ποιεῖν give
security, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+] (but simply,
satisfy, τῷ ὄχλῳ [
NT+3rd c.BC+]; ἐφ᾽ ἱκανόν,= ἱκανῶς, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III)
adverb -νῶς
sufficiently, adequately, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαγόνες λαπαραὶ ἱ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; later,
considerably, amply, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+];
fully, μιᾶς ὥρας ἱ. παρελθούσης [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
III.b)
excessively, οὔτε γὰρ ἱ. ὑγρόν ἐστι not
too moist, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III.2) ἱ. ἔχειν to be
sufficient, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. ἐχέτω let this be
enough, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. ἔχειν τινί to be
sufficiently supplied
with. , [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
superlative -ωτάτως[
Refs 5th c.BC+];
-ώτατα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
Definition:
competent (as if coming in season), i.e. ample (in amount) or fit (in character); able, + content, enough, good, great, large, long (while), many, meet, much, security, sore, sufficient, worthy; from ( or , akin to
g2240 (ἥκω)) (to arrive);