ἄξιος, ἄξια, ἄξιον (from ἄγω, ἄξω; therefore properly, drawing down the scale; hence) a. weighing, having weight; with a genitive having the weight of (weighing as much as) another thing, of like value, worth as much: βῶς ἄξιος, Homer, Iliad 23, 885; with the genitive of price (Winer's Grammar, 206 (194)), as ἄξιος δέκα μνῶν, common in Attic writings; πᾶν τίμιον οὐκ ἄξιον αὐτῆς (σοφίας) ἐστι, Pro_3:15; Pro_8:11; οὐκ ἐστι σταθμός πᾶς ἄξιος ψυχῆς, Sir_26:15; οὐκ ἄξια πρός τήν ... δόξαν are of no weight in comparison with the glory, i. e. are not to be put on an equality with the glory, Rom_8:18; cf. Fritzsche at the passage and Winers Grammar, 405 (378); (Buttmann, 340 (292)). b. befitting, congruous, corresponding, τίνος, to a thing: τῆς μετανοίας, Mat_3:8; Luk_3:8; Act_26:20; ἄξια ὧν ἐπράξαμεν, Luk_23:41. ἄξιον ἐστι it is befitting: α. it is meet, 2Th_1:3 (4Ma_17:8); β. it is worth the while, followed by τοῦ with an accusative and an infinitive, 1Co_16:4; (in both senses very common in Greek writings from Homer and Herodotus down, and often with ἐστι omitted). c. of one who has merited anything, worthy both in a good reference and a bad; α. in a good sense; with a genitive of the thing: Mat_10:10; Luk_7:4; (Luk_10:7); Act_13:46; 1Ti_1:15; 1Ti_4:9; 1Ti_5:18; 1Ti_6:1. followed by the aorist infinitive: Luk_15:19; Luk_15:21; Act_13:25; Rev_4:11; Rev_5:2; Rev_5:4; Rev_5:9; Rev_5:12; followed by ἵνα: Joh_1:27 (ἵνα λύσω, a construction somewhat rare; cf. Dem. pro cor., p. 279, 9 ἀξιουν, ἵνα βοηθήσῃ ((dubious); see under the word ἵνα, II. 2 at the beginning and c.)); followed by ὅς with a finite verb (like Latindignus,qui): Luk_7:4 (Buttmann, 229 (198)). It stands alone, but so that the context makes it plain of what one is said to be worthy: Mat_10:11 (to lodge with); Mat_10:13 (namely, τῆς εἰρήνης); Mat_22:8 (namely, of the favor of an invitation); Rev_3:4 (namely, to walk with me, clothed in white), with a genitive of the person worthy of one's fellowship, and of the blessings connected with it: Mat_10:37; Heb_11:38 (τοῦ θεοῦ, Sap. iii. 5; Ignatius ad Eph_2:1-22 [ET]). β. in a bad sense; with a genitive of the thing: πληγῶν, Luk_12:48; θανάτου, Luk_23:15; Acts (Act_23:29); (); ; Rom_1:32; absolutely: Rev_16:6 (namely, to drink blood).

ἄξιος axios 41x pr. of equal value; worthy, estimable, Mat_10:11 ; Mat_10:13 ; worthy of, deserving, either good or evil, Mat_10:10 ; correspondent to, Mat_3:8 ; Luk_3:8 ; Act_26:20 ; comparable, countervailing, Rom_8:18 ; suitable, due, Luk_23:41 deserving; worthy.

ἄξιος , -α , -ον ( < ἄγω , in sense, to weigh), [in LXX for H1121 ( Deu_25:2 ), H4392 , H7737 ; freq . in Wis, 2Mac;] 1. Part One: (a) of weight, worth (often c . gen ., cf. Pr 315, 811), seq . πρός : Rom_8:18 ( v. Field, Notes , 157); (b) befitting, meet: c . gen ., Mat_3:8 , Luk_3:8 ; Luk_23:41 , Act_26:20 , 1Co_16:4 ( v . M , Pr., 216); absol. , 2Th_1:3 ; ( c ) of persons, worthy; 2. Part Two (α ) in good sense: c . gen . rei , Mat_10:10 , Luk_7:4 ; Luk_10:7 , Act_13:46 , 1Ti_1:15 ; 1Ti_4:9 ; 1Ti_5:18 ; 1Ti_6:1 ; c . aor. inf . ( v. M , Pr., 203): Luk_15:19 ; Luk_15:21 , Act_13:25 , Rev_4:11 ; Rev_5:2 ; Rev_5:4 ; Rev_5:9 ; Rev_5:12 ; seq . ἵνα : Joh_1:27 ; ἅς , Luk_7:4 ; absol. , but of what understood: Mat_10:11 ; Mat_10:13 ; Mat_22:8 , Rev_3:4 ; c . gen . pers ., Mat_10:37-38 , Heb_11:38 ; (β ) in bad sense; c . gen . rei , Luk_12:48 ; Luk_23:15 , Act_23:29 ; Act_25:11 ; Act_25:25 ; Act_26:31 , Rom_1:32 ; absol. , Rev_16:6 ( MM , VGT , s.v. ).†

ἄξιος [page 50] ἄξιος appears with infin. in BGU IV. 1141 .15 (B.C. 14) ἐγὼ μἐν οὺ δοκῶι ἄξιος εἶναι ὑβρίζεσθαι . For the absolute use (as Mat_10:11 ; Mat_10:13 ) see P Petr II. 15 (3) .8 (B.C. 241 39) τοῦτο δὲ ποιήσας εὐχαριστήσεις ἡμῖν κ [αὶ ?] ἄξιος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐν χρείαι [ . . . where the editor translates, By doing this you will oblige us, [. .] for the man is worthy of it, [but] in need . The sense of worth, value, is illustrated by P Lille I. 6 .9 (iii/B.C.), where a certain Petesuchos complains that robbers ἐξέδυσαν χιτῶνα ἄχιον (δραχμὰς ) ς̄ a tunic worth six drachmas. So the fem. became a noun = value : BGU IV. 1118 .40 (B.C. 22) πείθεσθαι περὶ τῆς τούτω̣ν̣ ἀξίας , ib. 1126 .14 (B.C. 8) ἐκτίνιν τὴν ἑκάστου ἀξίαν πλὴν συμφανοῦς ἀπ [ωλείας ]. For ἀξίως τοῦ θεοῦ (as in 1Th_2:12 , 3Jn_1:6 etc.) see Deissmann BS p. 248 f., who shows that the formula was a very popular one in Pergamus (and doubtless also in other localities). He cites five inscrr., as Perg I. 248 .7 ff. (ii/B.C.), where Athenaios, a priest of Dionysios and Sabazius, is extolled as συ [ν ]τετελεκότος τὰ ἱερὰ . . . εὐσεβῶς [μ ]ὲγ καὶ ἀξίως τοῦ θεοῦ . We may add Magn 33 .30 (Gounos in Thessaly, iii/B.C.) ἀξίως [τ ]ῆ [ς ] θ [ε ]ᾶς , ib. 85 .10 f. (Tralles) ἀξίως τῆς τε Ἀρτέμιδος . . . καὶ [τοῦ ] . . δήμου , and Priene 119 .15 (end of i/B.C.) πομπεύσας τῇ προστάτιδι τῆς ] πόλεως Ἀθηνᾶι τῆς θεᾶς ἀξί [ως ]. So P Petr II. 13 (19) .4 ( c. B.C. 252) (= Witkowski, .2 p. 18) οὐ ] μὴν οὐδὲν ἐμοὶ [ἔσται με ]ῖζον ἢ σοῦ προστατῆσα [ι τὸν ] ἐ [π ]ίλοιπον βίον , ἀξίως [μὲ ]ν σοῦ , ἀξίως δ᾽ ἐμοῦ , where the dependent gen. is neither divine nor a community, but has the dignity characteristic of the pietas of this charming letter. A combination may be seen in the letter of Aline to her husband, P Giss I. 20 .24 (ii/A.D.), following the citation under ἀξιόω below, ἴ̣να ἀξίως σοῦ καὶ τῶν θεῶν ἀόκνως προσέλθῃ . The word survives in MGr.

ἄξιος [Etym: ἄγω IV, and so properly "weighing as much".] "weighing as much, of like value, worth as much as", c. gen., Il. , Hdt. ; οὐδ᾽ ἑνὸς ἄξιοί εἰμεν Ἕκτορος we are not "worth" one Hector, Il. ; πάντων ἄξιον ἦμαρ, Lat. instar omnium, id=Il. ; πολλοῦ ἄξιος "worth" much, Xen. ; πλείστου ἄξιον, "quantivis pretii", Thuc. ; so, παντός, τοῦ παντὸς ἄξιον Plat. ; λόγου ἄξιος, ῀ ἀξιόλογος, Hdt. , etc.:—opp. to these are οὐδενὸς ἄξ. Theogn. ; ὀλίγου, σμικροῦ ἄξ. Plat. , etc. c. dat. pers., σοὶ δ᾽ ἄξιόν ἐστιν ἀμοιβῆς 'tis "worth" a return to thee, i. e. will bring thee a return, Od. ; πολλοῦ or πλείστου ἄξιον εἶναί τινι Xen. , etc. absol. "worthy, goodly", of persons and things, Od. , etc.; in attic it sometimes has an opposite sense, "of a proper value, cheap", Ar. of things, "deserved, meet, due", δίκη Soph. ; χάρις Xen. "sufficient for", c. gen., Dem. "worthy of, deserving, meet for", c. gen. rei, φυγῆς, γέλωτος Eur. ; c. gen. pers., ποιεῖν ἄξια οὔτε ὑμῶν οὔτε πατέρων Thuc. :—c. gen. rei et dat. pers., ἡμῖν δ᾽ Ἀχιλλεὺς ἄξιος τιμῆς "is worthy of" honour "at" our hands, Eur. ; πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν ἄξιος ὑμῖν Ar. c. inf., πεφάσθαι ἄξιος "worthy to" be killed, Il. ; ἄξιός εἰμι πληγὰς λαβεῖν I "deserve" a flogging, Ar. ἄξιόν [ἐστι] 'tis "meet, fit, due", Il. , Hdt. ; c. dat. pers. et inf., τῆι πόλει ἄξιον ξυλλαβεῖν τὸν ἄνδρα 'tis "meet" for the city, "is" her "duty", to arrest the man, Ar. :—the inf. is sometimes omitted, ἄξιον γὰρ Ἑλλάδι 'tis "meet" in the eyes of Hellas [so to do], id=Ar. adv. ἀξίως, c. gen., "worthily of", Hdt. :—absol., Soph.

ἄξιος, -α, -ον (ἄγω, in sense, to weigh), [in LXX for בֵּן (Deu.25:2), מָלֵא, שָׁוָה; frequently in Wis, 2Mac ;] __1. Part One __(a) of weight, worth (often with genitive, cf. Pr 315, 811), before πρός: Rom.8:18 (see Field, Notes, 157); __(b) befitting, meet: with genitive, Mat.3:8, Luk.3:8 23:41, Act.26:20, 1Co.16:4 (see M, Pr., 216); absol., 2Th.1:3; __(with) of persons, worthy; __2. Part Two __α in good sense: with genitive of thing(s), Mat.10:10, Luk.7:4 10:7, Act.13:46, 1Ti.1:15 4:9 5:18 6:1; with aor. inf. (see M, Pr., 203): Luk.15:19, 21, Act_13:25, Rev.4:11 5:2, 4 5:9, 12; before ἵνα: Jhn.1:27; ἅς, Luk.7:4; absol., but of what understood: Mat.10:11, 13 22:8, Rev.3:4; with genitive of person(s), Mat.10:37-38, Heb.11:38; __β in bad sense; with genitive of thing(s), Luk.12:48 23:15, Act.23:29 25:11, 25 26:31, Rom.1:32; absol., Rev.16:6 (MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)