verb

Greekκαθήκω (kathēkō)

Biblang

kathēkamō

Strong’sG2520

it is fitting

stem kathēk-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

καθ-ήκω,

[in LXX: impers., Le 5:10, Ez 21:27 (32), al. (מִשְׁפָּט); τὰ κ., Ex 5:13, al. (דָּבָר), etc.;]

1. to come down, come to.

2. to be fit, proper: impers., c. acc. et inf., Ac 22:22 (on the tense, v. Bl., § 63, 4); τὰ μὴ καθήκοντα, Ro 1:28.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2520 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkath-ay'-ko

to reach to, i.e. (neuter of present active participle, figuratively as adjective) becoming

Fromfrom G2596 and G2240;

King Jamesconvenient, fit.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

καθήκω,
Ionic dialect κατήκω, (see. ἥκω) come or go down, especially to fight, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 come down to, reach to, ἐς θάλασσαν Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ θάλ. Refs 5th c.BC+; κέρκος.. εἰς λεπτὸν καθήκουσα tapering away, Refs 4th c.BC+
3 come in due course to any one, καθῆκεν ἐς ἡμᾶς ὁ λόγος the turn of speaking came to us, Refs 4th c.BC+; τῆς βολῆς καθηκούσης ἐς αὐτόν Refs 1st c.AD+
4 of Time, ὁπότε καθήκοι ὁ Χρόνος Refs 5th c.BC+; in participle, τοῦ καθήκοντος Χρόνου the normal time, Refs 5th c.BC+; αἱ κ. ἡμέραι the regular, proper days, Refs 4th c.BC+; of events, ἑορτῆς εἰς τὰς ἡμέρας ἐκείνας καθηκούσης as the festival fell on those days, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἐκκλησίαν ποιῆσαι, ὅταν ἐκ τῶν νόμων καθήκῃ when it is legally due, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ κ. σύνοδος or ἐκκλησία, Refs 2nd c.BC+
II to be meet, fit, proper, τοῖς κ. [νομίμοις] Refs 4th c.BC+; τὰς ἐσθῆτας τὰς κ. ἀεὶ ταῖς περιθεταῖς suiting them, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ὁ καθήκων ἐκ τῶν νομίμων ἀριθμός a quorum, Refs 1st c.BC+
II.2 impersonal, καθήκει μοι it belongs to me, is my duty, with infinitive, οἷς καθήκει ἁθροίζεσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+imperfect καθῆκε in present sense, it is meet, proper, οὐδ᾽ ἅψασθαι καθῆκέ τινωνNTparticiple, τὰ καθήκοντα one's due or duty, Refs 5th c.BC+; ποιεῖν τὸ κ. Refs 5th c.BC+, title of work by Zeno,Refs; μὴ κ. unbecoming, NT
II.3 τὰ κατήκοντα the present crisis, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3.b τὰ καθήκοντα the payments due, Refs 2nd c.BC+
II.4 adverb present participle καθηκόντως fittingly, properly, Refs 4th c.BC+; consistently with duty, Refs 1st c.AD+; appropriately, with dative, τῷ τόπῳ Aristeas 81; κ. ἔχειν πρός τι Refs
III τὸ καθῆκον the precise proportion, Refs 4th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

allowed1×proper1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
kathēkateκαθῆκεν	was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular	allowed	1×
kathēkarōnteimκαθήκοντα	happening now · objectpresent active participle direct plural neuter	proper	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	kathēkamō	kathēkame	kathēkami	kathēkama	kathēkamē	kathēkamelē
you 2nd person singular	kathēkasō	kathēkase	kathēkasi	kathēkasa	kathēkasē	kathēkaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	kathēkatō	kathēkate1×καθῆκεν	kathēkati	kathēkata	kathēkatē	kathēkatelē
we 1st person plural	kathēkanō	kathēkane	kathēkani	kathēkana	kathēkanē	kathēkanelē
ye 2nd person plural	kathēkavō	kathēkave	kathēkavi	kathēkava	kathēkavē	kathēkavelē
they 3rd person plural	kathēkalō	kathēkale	kathēkali	kathēkala	kathēkalē	kathēkalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	kathēkameiō	kathēkameia	kathēkameiē
you 2nd person singular	kathēkaseiō	kathēkaseia	kathēkaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	kathēkateiō	kathēkateia	kathēkateiē
we 1st person plural	kathēkaneiō	kathēkaneia	kathēkaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	kathēkaveiō	kathēkaveia	kathēkaveiē
they 3rd person plural	kathēkaleiō	kathēkaleia	kathēkaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	kathēkasōr	kathēkasar	kathēkasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	kathēkatōr	kathēkatar	kathēkatēr
ye 2nd person plural	kathēkavōr	kathēkavar	kathēkavēr
they 3rd person plural	kathēkalōr	kathēkalar	kathēkalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	kathēkamoiō	kathēkamoia
you 2nd person singular	kathēkasoiō	kathēkasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	kathēkatoiō	kathēkatoia
we 1st person plural	kathēkanoiō	kathēkanoia
ye 2nd person plural	kathēkavoiō	kathēkavoia
they 3rd person plural	kathēkaloiō	kathēkaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	kathēkarō	kathēkari	kathēkara	kathēkarē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	kathēkarōntos1×	kathēkarintos	kathēkarantos	kathēkarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

kathēkstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

kathēk is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

kathēkate“allowed”was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Acts 22:22“allowed”… tau gēau ton toiouton, ouk gar kathēkate auton zōarō.The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”

kathēkarōnteim“proper”happening now · objectpresent active participle direct plural neuter1×

Romans 1:28“proper”… eis adokimon nouon, poiarō teim mē kathēkarōnteim,… them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be …