καθήκω
kathēkō · be fitting
Greek word · Strong’s number G2520 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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kathēkō (καθήκω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “be fitting”.
Proper: what is right or due.
How to say it
ka·thē·kō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To be right, what ought to be done.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- fitting for ×1
- proper ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 22:22
And they were listening to him up to this word, and they raised their voices, saying, “Take such a man away from the earth, for it was not fitting for him to live.”
- Romans 1:28
And since they did not see fit to have God in knowledge, God handed them over to an unfit mind, to do the things that are not proper,