ΚΑΘΗΚΟΝ, καθηκον
KATHĒKON, kathēkon
Sounds Like: ka-THEE-kon
Translations: duty, what is fitting, proper, becoming, appropriate, a duty, what is due
From the root: ΚΑΘΗΚΩ
Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This word refers to what is proper, fitting, or appropriate, often in the sense of a moral obligation or duty. It describes actions or behaviors that are suitable or incumbent upon someone. It can function as a noun meaning 'duty' or 'what is fitting', or as an adjective meaning 'fitting' or 'proper'.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G2520 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Clement of Rome
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 3:66
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 4:12
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- 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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