Lexical Summary kathēkō: to be proper or fitting Original Word: καθήκωTransliteration: kathēkō Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ay'-ko) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to be proper or fitting Meaning: to be proper or fitting Strong's Concordance convenient, fit. From kata and heko; to reach to, i.e. (neuter of present active participle, figuratively as adjective) becoming -- convenient, fit. see GREEK kata see GREEK heko Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2520: καθήκωκαθήκω; (from Aeschylus, Sophocles down); 1. to come down. 2. to come to, reach to; impersonally, καθήκει, it is becoming, it is fit (cf. German zukommen), Ezekiel 21:27; οὐ καθῆκεν (Rev. καθῆκον), followed by the accusative with an infinitive, Acts 22:22 (Winers Grammar, 282 (265); Buttmann, 217 (187)); τά μή καθήκοντα, things not fitting, i. e. forbidden, shameful, Romans 1:28; 2 Macc. 6:4. Cf. ἀνήκω. |
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