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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.