Befitting Befit

Befitting Befit

1: πρέπω (Strong'S #4241 — Verb — prepo — prep'-o )

is translated "befit" in  Titus 2:1 , Rv (Av, "become"). See Become.

2: ἀνήκω (Strong'S #433 — Verb — aneko — an-ay'-ko )

primarily, "to have arrived at, reached to, pertained to," came to denote "what is due to a person, one's duty, what is befitting." It is used ethically in the Nt;  Ephesians 5:4 , Rv, "are (not) befitting," for Av, "are (not) convenient;"  Colossians 3:18 , concerning the duty of wives towards husbands, Rv, "as is fitting," for Av, "as it is fit." In  Philemon 1:8 , the participle is used with the article, signifying "that which is befitting," Rv (Av, "that which is convenient"). See Convenient. For synonymous words see Become.