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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 - Now the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man on the earth to come in to us as is the custom of all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - And the taskmasters forced them to hurry, saying, “Fulfill your work, your daily quota, as when there was straw.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - And the officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble after it was said, “You shall not reduce any bricks from your daily quota.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16 - “This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: ‘Let every man gather it according to each one’s need, one omer for each person, according to the number of persons; let every man take for those who are in his tent.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18 - So when they measured it by omers, he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one’s need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:21 - So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:11 - And so it was, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:1 - “And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whom the LORD has put wisdom and understanding, to know how to do all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, shall do according to all that the LORD has commanded.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:10 - ‘And he shall offer the second as a burnt offering according to the prescribed manner. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has committed, and it shall be forgiven him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:16 - And he brought the burnt offering and offered it according to the prescribed manner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - “But he shall acknowledge the son of the unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:16 - And if the man said to him, “They should really burn the fat first; then you may take as much as your heart desires,” he would then answer him, “No, but you must give it now; and if not, I will take it by force.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:27 - Overthrown, overthrown,
I will make it overthrown!
It shall 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 played the harlot;
She who conceived them has behaved shamefully.
For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers,
Who give me my bread and my water,
My wool and my linen,
My oil and my drink.’
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