Strong's Concordance kathékó: to be proper or fitting Original Word: καθήκωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kathékó Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ay'-ko) Definition: to be proper or fitting Usage: I come down, come to; I am unfit, proper. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kata and hékó Definition to be proper or fitting NASB Translation proper (1), should...be allowed (1). 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. 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 Englishman's Concordance Acts 22:22 V-IIA-3SGRK: οὐ γὰρ καθῆκεν αὐτὸν ζῇν NAS: from the earth, for he should not be allowed to live! KJV: it is not fit that he should live. INT: not indeed it is fit he to live Romans 1:28 V-PPA-ANP Strong's Greek 2520 |