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Lexicon :: Strong's G2520 - kathēkō

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καθήκω
Transliteration
kathēkō (Key)
Pronunciation
kath-ay'-ko
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:437,385

Strong’s Definitions

καθήκω kathḗkō, kath-ay'-ko; from G2596 and G2240; to reach to, i.e. (neuter of present active participle, figuratively as adjective) becoming:—convenient, fit.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2520 in the following manner: fit (1x), convenient (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2520 in the following manner: fit (1x), convenient (1x).

  1. to come down

  2. to come to, reach to

    1. it is becoming

    2. it is fit

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καθήκω kathḗkō, kath-ay'-ko; from G2596 and G2240; to reach to, i.e. (neuter of present active participle, figuratively as adjective) becoming:—convenient, fit.
STRONGS G2520:
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), 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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ezekiel
21:27
Acts
22:22
Romans
1:28; 2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2520 matches the Greek καθήκω (kathēkō),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:31 - And the elder said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is no one on the earth who shall come in to us, as it is fit in all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - And the taskmasters hastened them, saying, Fulfil your regular daily tasks, even as when straw was given you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - And the accountants of the children of Israel saw themselves in an evil plight, men saying, Ye shall not fail [fn]to deliver the daily rate of the brick-making.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16 - This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. This is that which the Lord has appointed: gather of it each man for his family, a homer for each person, [fn]according to the number of your souls, gather each of you with his fellow-lodgers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18 - And having measured the homer full, [fn] he that had gathered much had nothing over, and he that had gathered less had no lack; each gathered [fn]according to the need of those who belonged to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:21 - And they gathered it every morning, each man what he needed, and when the sun waxed hot it melted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:11 - And it came to pass, when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hands, Amalec prevailed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:1 - And Beseleel wrought, and Eliab and every one wise in understanding, to whom was given wisdom and knowledge, to understand to do all the works according to the holy offices, according to all things which the Lord appointed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:10 - And he shall make the second a whole-burnt-offering, as it is fit; and the priest shall make atonement for his sin which he has sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:16 - And he brought the whole-burnt-offering, and offered it in due form.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - But he shall acknowledge the first-born of the hated one to give to him double of all things which shall be found by him, because he is the [fn]first of his children, and to him belongs the birthright.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:16 - And if the man that sacrificed said, First let the fat be burned, as it is fit, and take for thyself of all things which thy soul desires: then he would say, Nay, for thou shalt give it me now; and if not, I will take it by force.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:27 - (LXX 21:32) Injustice, injustice, injustice, will I make it: woe to it: such shall it be until he comes to whom it belongs; and I will deliver it to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:5 - (LXX 2:7) And their mother went a-whoring: she that bore them disgraced them: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, and my garments, and my linen clothes, my oil and all my necessaries.
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