G2520: καθήκω
kathḗkō · “be fit”
Definition
to reach to, i.e. (neuter of present active participle, figuratively as adjective) becoming
KJV translates it as: convenient, fit
Extended 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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2520 is translated
- it was proper ×1
- being proper, ×1
Bible verses with G2520 (kathḗkō)
Kathḗkō appears in 2 verses.
- Acts 22:22
And 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 1:28
And 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;