Quick Definition
ἀξίνη, ης, ἡ n.f. an axe
Strong's Definition
probably from agnumi (to break; compare 4486); an axe
KJV Usage: axe
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀξίνη, -ης, ἡ, ([perh. fr.] ἄγνυμι, fut. ἄξω, to break), an axe: Lk. iii. 9; Mt.iii.10. (As old as Hom. and Hat.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀξίνη axinē 2x
an axe, Mt. 3:10; Lk. 3:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀξίνη, -ης, ἡ,
[in LXX for גַּרְזֶן, קַרְדֹּם;]
an axe: Mt 3:10, Lk 3:9.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀξίνη. P Magd 88 (B.c. 218) δρέπανον θεριστικὸν οὗ τιμὴ (δραχμὰς) B, ἀξίνη (δραχμὰς) B. Herwerden s.v. κλῇς recalls the proverbial saying—ryq κλειδὶ τὰ ξύλα ox (le, τῇ δ᾽ ἀξίνῃ τὴν θύραν ἀνοίγειν (Plut. AZor. 43 C). Cf MGr ἀξινάρι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀξίνη (axinē) — axe. ἀξῑν-η, ἡ, axe-head, ἀξίνην ἐΰχαλκον ἐλαΐνῳ ἀμφὶ πελέκκῳ[Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. battle-axe (explanation as δίστομος πέλεκυς by [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. axe for hewing wood, [NT+5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Gothic aqizi, O[Refs 5th c.BC+] æx, Latin ascia (from *acsia).)