hikanos · enough, worthy

What it means

hikanos (ἱκανός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “enough, worthy”.

Sufficient, fit, worthy; also many, a large number.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Qualified or deserving: "I do not deserve".
2. A considerable amount of people, time or money.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• many ×10
• long ×6
• worthy ×5
• large ×4
• considerable ×3
• sufficient ×3
• number ×2
• able ×1
• enough ×1
• fit ×1
• others ×4

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×3
• Luke×9
• Acts×18
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 2 Corinthians×3
• 2 Timothy×1

• Matthew 3:11

  I immerse you in water for change of mind, but the one who comes after me is stronger than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire.

• Matthew 8:8

  And the centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only say a word, and my servant will be healed.

• Matthew 28:12

  And when they had gathered with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

• Mark 1:7

  And he was proclaiming, saying, “After me comes the one stronger than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

• Mark 10:46

  And they come to Jericho. And as he was leaving from Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting beside the road.

• Mark 15:15

  And Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas for them, and having flogged Jesus, he handed him over to be crucified.

• Luke 3:16

  John answered, saying to all, “I immerse you in water; but the one stronger than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire.

• Luke 7:6

  And Jesus was going with them. And when he was already not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.

• Luke 7:12

  And as he drew near to the gate of the town, look, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a considerable crowd from the town was with her.

• Luke 8:27

  And when he stepped out onto the land, a certain man from the town who had demons met him; and for a long time he had not worn clothing, and he was not living in a house but in the tombs.

• Luke 8:32

  Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the hillside; and they begged him to permit them to enter into them; and he permitted them.

• Luke 20:9

  And he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad for a long time.

• Luke 22:38

  And they said, “Lord, look, here are two swords.” And he said to them, “It is enough.”

• Luke 23:8

  And when Herod saw Jesus he was very glad, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some sign done by him.

• Luke 23:9

  And he questioned him with many words, but he answered him nothing.

• Acts 8:11

  And they were paying attention to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic arts.

• Acts 9:23

  Now when many days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him;

• Acts 9:43

  And it happened that he stayed many days in Joppa with a certain Simon, a tanner.

• Acts 11:24

  for he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large crowd was added to the Lord.

• Acts 11:26

  and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it happened that for a whole year they met together with the assembly and taught a large crowd; and the disciples were called Christians for the first time in Antioch.

• Acts 12:12

  And when he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was called Mark, where many were gathered together and praying.

• Acts 14:3

  So they stayed a long time, speaking boldly in reliance on the Lord, who was testifying to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done through their hands.

• Acts 14:21

  And after announcing the good news in that city and making disciples of many, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,

• Acts 17:9

  And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they released them.

• Acts 18:18

  And Paul, having stayed many more days, took leave of the brothers and sailed away for Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila, having had his head shaved in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.

• Acts 19:19

  And a number of those who had practiced magic brought together their books and were burning them before everyone; and they counted up their value and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.

• Acts 19:26

  And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable crowd, saying that those made by hands are not gods.

• Acts 20:8

  And there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.

• Acts 20:11

  And when he had gone up and broken bread and eaten, and talked with them a long while, until daybreak, then he departed.

• Acts 20:37

  And there was much weeping among all, and they fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him,

• Acts 22:6

  And it happened, as I was traveling and drawing near to Damascus, about noon, that suddenly a great light from heaven flashed around me;

• Acts 27:7

  And sailing slowly for many days and arriving with difficulty off Cnidus, since the wind did not allow us to go on, we sailed under the shelter of Crete off Salmone;

• Acts 27:9

  And when considerable time had passed and the voyage was already dangerous, because even the Fast had already gone by, Paul advised them,

• Romans 15:23

  But now, no longer having a place in these regions, and having a longing to come to you for many years,

• 1 Corinthians 11:30

  For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a good number sleep.

• 1 Corinthians 15:9

  For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.

• 2 Corinthians 2:6

  Sufficient for such a one is this punishment inflicted by the majority,

• 2 Corinthians 2:16

  to the ones an aroma from death to death, to the others an aroma from life to life. And for these things who is sufficient?

• 2 Corinthians 3:5

  Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,

• 2 Timothy 2:2

  and what you heard from me through many witnesses, entrust these things to faithful people who will be able to teach others also.