ΚΑΘΗΚΕΙ, καθηκει
KATHĒKEI, kathēkei
Sounds Like: ka-THEE-kee
Translations: it is proper, it is fitting, it is right, it is due, it is appropriate
From the root: ΚΑΘΗΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means 'it is proper' or 'it is fitting'. It is an impersonal verb, meaning it is typically used in the third person singular and refers to what is appropriate or due. It describes what ought to be done or what is suitable in a given situation.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, Third Person Singular, Impersonal
Strong’s number: G2520 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 4:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 19:31
- Leviticus — 5:10, 9:16
- Deuteronomy — 21:17
- 1 Samuel — 2:16
- Ezra (Alpha) — 1:11
- Tobit — 1:8, 6:13, 6:13, 7:10, 7:10
- 1 Maccabees — 10:36
- 2 Maccabees — 2:30, 11:36
- Ezekiel — 21:27
- Hosea — 2:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΘΗΚΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΘΗΚΕΝ — let down, lower, send down, be fitting, be proper, be suitable
- ΚΑΘΗΚΕ — it is proper, it is fitting, it is right, it is due, it is appropriate
- ΚΑΘΗΚΕΙΝ — to be fitting, to be proper, to be due, to belong to, to be appropriate
- ΚΑΘΗΚΟΝ — duty, what is fitting, proper, becoming, appropriate, a duty, what is due
- ΚΑΘΗΚΟΝΤΑ — fitting, proper, suitable, right, duties, obligations, what is proper, what is due
- ΚΑΘΗΚΟΝΤΑΣ — fitting, proper, due, appropriate, suitable, becoming
- ΚΑΘΗΚΟΥΣΑΙΣ — fitting, proper, suitable, appropriate, due
- ΚΑΘΗΚΟΥΣΑΝ — fitting, proper, suitable, appropriate, becoming, due
- ΚΑΘΗΚΟΥΣΑΣ — fitting, proper, appropriate, due, becoming, suitable
- ΚΑΘΗΚΟΥΣΗ — fitting, proper, suitable, due, becoming, appropriate, (to) the fitting, (of) the fitting
- ΚΑΘΗΚΟΥΣΗΣ — fitting, proper, due, becoming, appropriate, what is fitting, what is proper
- ΚΑΘΗΚΩ — to be fitting, to be proper, to be due, to pertain, to reach, to extend
- ΚΑΘΗΚΩΝ — fitting, proper, due, becoming, that which is fitting, what is proper
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