King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2520
Transliteration: kathēkō
Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ay'-ko)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be proper or fitting
Meaning: to be proper or fitting
καθήκω; (from Aeschylus, Sophocles down);
Word 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.