# ἀνήκω/anēkō 
This word describes a situation or how something is. It is a verb. However, it is not an action. 
* This word can mean that the situation is the way it should be.
* This word can mean that because of what a person has done, they should receive something.
* This word can mean that because of what a person has done, other people should give them something.
* This word can mean that because of what a person has done, other people should do something for them.

See: Philemon 1:8; Ephesians 5:4; Colossians 3:18

**Advice to translators**: This type of verb describes a state of being.