καταξιόω, καταξιω: 1 aorist passive κατηξιωθην; to account worthy, judge worthy: τινα τίνος, one of a thing, 2Th_1:5 (Polybius 1, 23, 3, etc.; Diodorus 2, 60; Josephus, Antiquities 15, 3, 8); followed by an infinitive, Luk_20:35; Luk_21:36 (T Tr text WH κατισχύσητε); Act_5:41, (Demosthenes 1383, 11 (cf. Plato, Tim. 30 c.)).

καταξιόω kataxioō 3x to consider worthy of, Luk_20:35 ; Act_5:41 ; 2Th_1:5

** κατ -αξιόω , -ῶ , [in LXX : 2Ma_13:12 , 3Ma_3:21 ; 3Ma_4:11 , 4Ma_18:3 * ;] to deem worthy: c . acc pers . et gen . rei , 2Th_1:5 ; pass . seq . inf ., Luk_20:35 , Act_5:41 .†

καταξιόω [page 330] Like the simplex, καταξιόω denotes not make but count worthy : cf. BGU IV. 1080 .15 (iii/A.D. ?) σπούδασον ἡμᾶς καταξιῶσαι τῶν ἴσ [ω ]ν γραμμάτων , OGIS 201 .14 (vi/AD.) εἰ μὴ κατηξίωσάν με καὶ παρακαλοῦσιν . For the pass., as in Luk_20:35 , Act_5:41 , cf. P Leid W xvi. 11 (ii/iii A.D.) κατηξιώθης τῶν πρὸς δια (= ό )ρθωσιν βίου μελλώ (= ό )ντων σοι λέγεσθαι , P Amh II. 145 .4 (iv/v A.D.) βούλο ]μαι μὲν καταξιωθῆναι ἀεὶ γράφειν [τῇ σῇ ] θεοσεβείᾳ , CIA III. 690 .9 f. ἀνατροφῆς τῆς αὐτῆς καταξιωθείς . In late Greek the verb is common = be so good as, vouchsafe, e.g. P Heid 6 .20 (iv/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 127) παρακαλῶ καταξίωσον δέξεσθαι τὸ μικρὸν ἐλέου , P Meyer 24 .4 (vi/A.D.) καταξιώσῃ οὖν ἡ σὴ θεοσέβεια εὔξασθαι ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ . It is condemned by the Atticists, cf. Thom. Mag. 9, 7 ἀξιῶ· τὸ ἄξιον κρίνω· οὐ καταξιῶ . For the adj. see OGIS 763 .24 (ii/B.C.) τὰς καταξίας τιμὰς τοῖς εὐεργέταις ἀπονέμοντες , and for the adv. BGU IV. 1138 .22 (B.C. 19) καταξίως .

καταξιόω fut. ώσω "to deem worthy", Plat. :—Mid. "to hold in high esteem", Aesch. πολλὰ χαίρειν ξυμφοραῖς καταξιῶ "I bid" a long farewell to calamities, id=Aesch. ; σύ τοι κατηξίωσας thou "would'st have it so", Soph.

κατ-αξιόω, -ῶ [in LXX: 2Ma.13:12, 3Ma.3:21 3Mac 4:11, 4Ma.18:3 * ;] to deem worthy: with accusative of person(s) and genitive of thing(s), 2Th.1:5; pass. before inf., Luk.20:35, Act.5:41.† (AS)