Strong's Concordance anékó: to be fit, be proper Original Word: ἀνήκωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: anékó Phonetic Spelling: (an-ay'-ko) Definition: to be fit, be proper Usage: is due, becoming, suitable, proper. HELPS Word-studies 433 anḗkō (from 303 /aná, "up/completing a process" and 2240 /hḗkō, "come") – properly, come up to a particular standard (expectation), i.e. to what is proper (fit, becoming) to give what "is due, suitable" (Souter); doing what is appropriately acceptable. (Col 3:18) is fit (433 /anḗkō) – Note the imperfect tense ("was fitting"). [J. B. Lightfoot, "The past tense involved perhaps implies an essential (a priori) obligation" of what was "owed."] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom ana and hékó Definition to be fit, be proper NASB Translation fitting (2), proper (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 433: ἀνήκωἀνήκω; (imperfect ἀ Strong's Exhaustive Concordance fit, proper From ana and heko; to attain to, i.e. (figuratively) be proper -- convenient, be fit. see GREEK ana see GREEK heko Forms and Transliterations Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Ephesians 5:4 V-IIA-3SGRK: ἃ NAS: which are not fitting, but rather KJV: are not convenient: but rather INT: which not are becoming but rather Colossians 3:18 V-IIA-3S Philemon 1:8 V-PPA-ANS Strong's Greek 433 |