Greek verb · G433
ἀνήκω
anekoan-ay'-ko
be fitting
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: anḗkō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G433is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G433
to attain to, i.e. (figuratively) be proper
The King James renders it: convenient, be fit.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
aneko is rendered "be fitting". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- One of the uses stand in Ephesians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ephesians 5:4Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
Ephesians 5:4ἀνῆκεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's three uses is in Ephesians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- befitting1
- was fitting1
- were fit1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀνῆκεν2
- ἀνῆκον1
The grammar of each form
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-IAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singular1V-PAP-ASN
Ephesians
one use
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
- ἀνῆκενanekenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: were fit
Colossians
one use
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
- ἀνῆκενanekenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was fitting
Philemon
one use
So although in Christ I am bold enough to order you to do what is proper,
- ἀνῆκονanekonverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: befitting
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.