G2520
G2520 — καθήκω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
katheko (kath-ay'-ko) v.
1. to reach to
2. (neuter of present active participle, figuratively as adjective) becoming
[from G2596 and G2240]
KJV: convenient, fit
Root(s): G2596, G2240
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
convenient, fit
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καθήκω; (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), Eze 21:27; οὐ καθῆκεν (Rev. καθῆκον), followed by the accusative with an infinitive, Act 22:22 (Winers Grammar, 282 (265); Buttmann, 217 (187)); τά μή καθήκοντα, things not fitting, i. e. forbidden, shameful, Rom 1:28; 2Ma 6:4. Cf. ἀνήκω.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
καθήκω (convenient)
Acts 22:22
- KJV: And they gave him audience unto this word and lifted up their voices and said Away with such a from the earth for it is not fit that he should live
- GK: ήκουον δε αυτού άχρι τούτου του λόγου και επήραν την φωνήν αυτών λέγοντες αίρε από της γης τον τοιούτον ου γαρ καθήκεν αυτόν ζην
Romans 1:28
- KJV: And even as they did not like to retain God in knowledge God gave them over to a reprobate mind to do those things which are not convenient
- GK: και καθώς ουκ εδοκίμασαν τον θεόν έχειν εν επιγνώσει παρέδωκεν αυτούς ο θεός εις αδόκιμον νουν ποιείν τα μη καθήκοντα