ΚΑΘΗΚΟΝΤΑ, καθηκοντα
KATHĒKONTA, kathēkonta
Sounds Like: ka-THEH-kon-ta
Translations: fitting, proper, suitable, right, duties, obligations, what is proper, what is due
From the root: ΚΑΘΗΚΩ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes something that is fitting, proper, or suitable. When used as a noun, especially in the plural (as in ΚΑΘΗΚΟΝΤΑ), it refers to one's duties, obligations, or what is appropriate to do. It implies a sense of what is morally or socially correct.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G2520 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Romans — 1:28
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Romans — 1:28
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
- ΚΑΘΗΚΕΙ — 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
- 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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