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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 Box Gen 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:31 - Then the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man [fn]on earth to [fn]have relations with us according to the custom of all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - And the taskmasters pressed them, saying, “Complete your [fn]work quota, [fn]your daily amount, just as when [fn]you had straw.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - The foremen of the sons of Israel saw that they were in trouble, [fn]since they were told, “You must not reduce [fn]your daily amount of bricks.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16 - “This is [fn]what the LORD has commanded: ‘Everyone gather [fn]as much as he will eat; you shall take [fn]an omer apiece according to the number of people each of you has in his tent.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18 - When they measured it by the [fn]omer, the one who had gathered much did not have too much, and the one who had gathered little did not have too little; everyone gathered [fn]as much as he would eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:21 - They gathered it morning by morning, everyone [fn]as much as he would eat; but when the sun became hot, it would melt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:11 - So it came about, when Moses held his hand up, that Israel prevailed; but when he let his hand [fn]down, Amalek prevailed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:1 -

“Now Bezalel, Oholiab, and every [fn]skillful person in whom the LORD has put [fn]skill and understanding to know how to perform all the work [fn]in the construction of the sanctuary, shall perform in accordance with everything that the LORD has commanded.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:10 - ‘The second he shall then prepare as a burnt offering according to the ordinance. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has [fn]committed, and it will be forgiven him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:16 - He also presented the burnt offering, and [fn]offered it according to the ordinance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - “On the contrary, he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the [fn]unloved wife, by giving him a double [fn]portion of everything that [fn]he owns, for he was the beginning of his [fn]strength; to him belongs the right of the firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:16 - And if the man said to him, “They must [fn]burn the fat [fn]first, then take as much as [fn]you desire,” then he would say, “No, but you must give it to me now; and if not, I am taking it by force!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:27 - ‘Ruins, ruins, ruins, I will make it! This also will be no longer until He comes whose right it is, and I will give it to Him.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:5 -

“For their mother has committed prostitution;

She who conceived them has acted shamefully.

For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers,

Who give me my bread and my water,

My wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’

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