Strong G2520καθήκω
be fit
- Transliteration
- kathēkō
- Pronunciation
- kath-ay'-ko
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
καθ-ήκω
[in LXX: impers., Lev.5:16, Eze.21:27 (32), al. (מִשְׁפָּט); τὰ κ., Exo.5:13, al. (דָבַר), etc.;]
1. to come down, come to.
2. to be fit, proper: impers., with accusative and inf., Act.22:22 (on the tense, see Bl., § 63, 4); τὰ μὴ καθήκοντα, Rom.1:28.†
(AS)
[in LXX: impers., Lev.5:16, Eze.21:27 (32), al. (מִשְׁפָּט); τὰ κ., Exo.5:13, al. (דָבַר), etc.;]
1. to come down, come to.
2. to be fit, proper: impers., with accusative and inf., Act.22:22 (on the tense, see Bl., § 63, 4); τὰ μὴ καθήκοντα, Rom.1:28.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2520 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- be2
- convenient1
- fit1
First verses
- Acts 22:22And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
- Romans 1:28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
καθήκω,
Ionic dialect κατήκω, (see. ἥκω) come or go down, especially to fight, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 455 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 come down to, reach to, ἐς θάλασσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.22, 130)]; ἐπὶ θάλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.32, 5.49, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.27; πρὸς τὸν Μηλιακὸν κόλπον [prev. author] 3.96)]; κέρκος.. εἰς λεπτὸν καθήκουσα tapering away, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 503a20: _metaphorically_, of descent, ὃ [γένος] εἰς αὐτὸν κ. 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 1.11.8.)]
3 come in due course to any one, καθῆκεν ἐς ἡμᾶς ὁ λόγος the turn of speaking came to us, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.25; παρὰ τετάρτην ἡμέραν ἑκάστῃ σημαίᾳ καθήκειν τὴν λειτουργίαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.33.9, compare “PCair.Zen.” 218.24 (3rd c.BC))]; τῆς βολῆς καθηκούσης ἐς αὐτόν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 2; ἐν τῷ ξυμποσίῳ.. ἐπὶ τὸν Θεσμόπολιν καθῆκε τὸ σκῶμμα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 34.)]
4 of Time, ὁπότε καθήκοι ὁ Χρόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.7.2; ὅταν οἱ Χρόνοι καθήκωσι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 591a8; πρότερον ἢ τὴν ὥραν καθήκειν “PRev.Laws” 41.14 (3rd c.BC))]; in participle, τοῦ καθήκοντος Χρόνου the normal time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 75, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.35, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.126)]; αἱ κ. ἡμέραι the regular, proper days, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.80; ἐν τῇ κ. ὥρᾳ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 568a17; ἐν τοῖς κ. καιροῖς [prev. work] 573a30)]; of events, ἑορτῆς εἰς τὰς ἡμέρας ἐκείνας καθηκούσης as the festival fell on those days, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 18, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.7.1)]; ἐκκλησίαν ποιῆσαι, ὅταν ἐκ τῶν νόμων καθήκῃ when it is legally due, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.185)]; ἡ κ. σύνοδος or ἐκκλησία, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.14.1, 1.15.8, etc.)]
II to be meet, fit, proper, τοῖς κ. [νομίμοις] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1325a13)]; τὰς ἐσθῆτας τὰς κ. ἀεὶ ταῖς περιθεταῖς suiting them, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.78.3)]; ὁ καθήκων ἐκ τῶν νομίμων ἀριθμός a quorum, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 39.30; also καθῆκόν ἐστιν αὐτὸν ἐπαινεῖσθαι “Inscription Prien.” 114.32 (1st c.BC).)]
II.2 impersonal, καθήκει μοι it belongs to me, is my duty, with infinitive, οἷς καθήκει ἁθροίζεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.7, compare “Cyr.” 8.1.4, etc.: in later writers,)]imperfect καθῆκε in present sense, it is meet, proper, οὐδ᾽ ἅψασθαι καθῆκέ τινων[NT (Aristeas 149; οὐ κ. αὐτὸν ζῆν NT.Act.22.22: frequently in)]participle, τὰ καθήκοντα one's due or duty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.5; τὰ κατήκοντα Σπαρτιήτῃσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.104)]; ποιεῖν τὸ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 575: especially in Stoic philosophical (from signification 1.3 _accusative_ to 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.108, compare κατά 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.3), περὶ τοῦ κ.)], title of work by Zeno,[Refs (compare “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 1.55, etc.: frequently in _plural_, [prev. work] 3.30,)]; μὴ κ. unbecoming, [NT (NT.Rom.1.28.)]
II.3 τὰ κατήκοντα the present crisis, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.97, 5.49; τὰ κ. πρήγματα [prev. author] 8.19, 40, 102.)]
II.3.b τὰ καθήκοντα the payments due, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 42.15 (2nd c.BC); τὴν -ουσαν ἡμῖν δίδοσθαι σύνταξιν τῶν δεόντων [prev. work] 6.)]
II.4 adverb present participle καθηκόντως fittingly, properly, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.53U., “OGI” 90.28(Rosetta, 2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.9.6, variant in 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.93; πρός τι 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.43)]; consistently with duty, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Stoic. 3.188, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.448e)]; appropriately, with dative, τῷ τόπῳ Aristeas 81; κ. ἔχειν πρός τι [Refs ([prev. author] 87.)]
III τὸ καθῆκον the precise proportion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 46.)]
Ionic dialect κατήκω, (see. ἥκω) come or go down, especially to fight, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 455 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 come down to, reach to, ἐς θάλασσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.22, 130)]; ἐπὶ θάλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.32, 5.49, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.27; πρὸς τὸν Μηλιακὸν κόλπον [prev. author] 3.96)]; κέρκος.. εἰς λεπτὸν καθήκουσα tapering away, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 503a20: _metaphorically_, of descent, ὃ [γένος] εἰς αὐτὸν κ. 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 1.11.8.)]
3 come in due course to any one, καθῆκεν ἐς ἡμᾶς ὁ λόγος the turn of speaking came to us, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.25; παρὰ τετάρτην ἡμέραν ἑκάστῃ σημαίᾳ καθήκειν τὴν λειτουργίαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.33.9, compare “PCair.Zen.” 218.24 (3rd c.BC))]; τῆς βολῆς καθηκούσης ἐς αὐτόν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 2; ἐν τῷ ξυμποσίῳ.. ἐπὶ τὸν Θεσμόπολιν καθῆκε τὸ σκῶμμα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 34.)]
4 of Time, ὁπότε καθήκοι ὁ Χρόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.7.2; ὅταν οἱ Χρόνοι καθήκωσι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 591a8; πρότερον ἢ τὴν ὥραν καθήκειν “PRev.Laws” 41.14 (3rd c.BC))]; in participle, τοῦ καθήκοντος Χρόνου the normal time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 75, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.35, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.126)]; αἱ κ. ἡμέραι the regular, proper days, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.80; ἐν τῇ κ. ὥρᾳ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 568a17; ἐν τοῖς κ. καιροῖς [prev. work] 573a30)]; of events, ἑορτῆς εἰς τὰς ἡμέρας ἐκείνας καθηκούσης as the festival fell on those days, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 18, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.7.1)]; ἐκκλησίαν ποιῆσαι, ὅταν ἐκ τῶν νόμων καθήκῃ when it is legally due, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.185)]; ἡ κ. σύνοδος or ἐκκλησία, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.14.1, 1.15.8, etc.)]
II to be meet, fit, proper, τοῖς κ. [νομίμοις] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1325a13)]; τὰς ἐσθῆτας τὰς κ. ἀεὶ ταῖς περιθεταῖς suiting them, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.78.3)]; ὁ καθήκων ἐκ τῶν νομίμων ἀριθμός a quorum, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 39.30; also καθῆκόν ἐστιν αὐτὸν ἐπαινεῖσθαι “Inscription Prien.” 114.32 (1st c.BC).)]
II.2 impersonal, καθήκει μοι it belongs to me, is my duty, with infinitive, οἷς καθήκει ἁθροίζεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.7, compare “Cyr.” 8.1.4, etc.: in later writers,)]imperfect καθῆκε in present sense, it is meet, proper, οὐδ᾽ ἅψασθαι καθῆκέ τινων[NT (Aristeas 149; οὐ κ. αὐτὸν ζῆν NT.Act.22.22: frequently in)]participle, τὰ καθήκοντα one's due or duty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.5; τὰ κατήκοντα Σπαρτιήτῃσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.104)]; ποιεῖν τὸ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 575: especially in Stoic philosophical (from signification 1.3 _accusative_ to 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.108, compare κατά 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.3), περὶ τοῦ κ.)], title of work by Zeno,[Refs (compare “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 1.55, etc.: frequently in _plural_, [prev. work] 3.30,)]; μὴ κ. unbecoming, [NT (NT.Rom.1.28.)]
II.3 τὰ κατήκοντα the present crisis, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.97, 5.49; τὰ κ. πρήγματα [prev. author] 8.19, 40, 102.)]
II.3.b τὰ καθήκοντα the payments due, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 42.15 (2nd c.BC); τὴν -ουσαν ἡμῖν δίδοσθαι σύνταξιν τῶν δεόντων [prev. work] 6.)]
II.4 adverb present participle καθηκόντως fittingly, properly, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.53U., “OGI” 90.28(Rosetta, 2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.9.6, variant in 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.93; πρός τι 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.43)]; consistently with duty, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Stoic. 3.188, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.448e)]; appropriately, with dative, τῷ τόπῳ Aristeas 81; κ. ἔχειν πρός τι [Refs ([prev. author] 87.)]
III τὸ καθῆκον the precise proportion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 46.)]