Forms of the word

Dictionary
καθήκω
Greek transliteration
kathēkō
Simplified transliteration
katheko
Principal Parts
-, -, -, -, -

Numbers

Strong's number
2520
GK Number
2763

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
cv-1b(2)
Gloss
to be fitting; (pcpl.) things that ought to be, that are proper
Definition
to reach, extend to;, καθήκει, impers. it is fitting, meet, Acts 22:22; τὸ καθῆκον, what is fit, right, duty; τὰ μὴ καθήκοντα, by litotes for what is abominable or detestable, Rom. 1:28*

Greek-English Concordance for καθήκω

Acts 22:22 They listened to him until this word, but then they raised their voices saying, saying “Away with such a fellow from the earth, for it (kathēken | καθῆκεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) is (kathēken | καθῆκεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) not right (kathēken | καθῆκεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) for him to live!”
Romans 1:28 And as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do things that ought (kathēkonta | καθήκοντα | pres act ptcp acc pl neut) not to be done (kathēkonta | καθήκοντα | pres act ptcp acc pl neut).

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