ΚΑΘΗΚΟΥΣΗ, καθηκουση
KATHĒKOUSĒ, kathēkousē
Sounds Like: ka-thee-KOO-see
Translations: fitting, proper, suitable, due, becoming, appropriate, (to) the fitting, (of) the fitting
From the root: ΚΑΘΗΚΩ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Participle
Explanation: This word is a feminine singular form of the present active participle of the verb 'καθήκω' (kathēkō), meaning 'to come down to, reach, belong to, be fitting or proper'. As an adjective, it describes something that is appropriate or suitable. It can be used to describe a person or a thing, indicating that it is in accordance with what is right or expected.
Inflection: Singular, Feminine, Dative or Genitive or Nominative or Vocative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G2520 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:107
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
- 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
- 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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