Quick Definition
ἀξίως Adv worthily, in a manner worthy of
Strong's Definition
adverb from 514; appropriately
KJV Usage: as becometh, after a godly sort, worthily(-thy)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
advb. | ἀξιόω
65.17 · Value · Worthy, Not Worthy
worthy, comparable, of comparable value, worthily pertaining to having a relatively high degree of comparable merit or worth
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀξίως, adv., suitably; worthily, in a manner worthy of: with the gen., Ro. xvi. 2; Phil. i. 27; Col.i.10; 1 Th. ii. 12; Eph.iv.1; 3Jn.6. [From Soph. down.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀξίως axiōs 6x
worthily, Col. 1:10; suitably, in a manner becoming, Rom. 16:2
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀξίως,
adv.
[in LXX: Wi 7:15 16:1, Si 14:11*;]
worthily: Ro 16:2, Eph 4:1, Phl 1:27; c. gen. (freq. in Inscr.; Deiss., BS, 248; MM, VGT, 51), ἀ. τ. Κυρίου, Col 1:10; τ. θεοῦ I Th 2:12, III Jo 6.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀξίως (axiōs) — appropriately. Included with: ἄξιος, ία, ιον (ος, ον [Refs 4th c.AD+] counterbalancing,[Refs]: hence properly weighing as much, of like value, worth as much as, with genitive, βοὸς ἄ.[Refs 8th c.BC+]; νῦν δ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἑνὸς ἄξιοί εἰμεν Ἕκτορος we are not—all together—worth one Hector,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; so πολλοῦ ἄ. worth much, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παντός, τοῦ παντὸς ἄ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παντὸς ἄ., with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγου ἄ., ={ἀξιόλογος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπουδῆς, μνήμης ἄ., [Refs 6th c.BC+]; μείονος, ἐλάττονος ἄ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also εἰς ὀγδοήκοντα μνᾶς ἄ. worth up to a sum of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. with dative person, σοὶ δ᾽ ἄξιόν ἐστιν ἀμοιβῆς 'tis worth a return to thee, i.e. will bring thee a return, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
3. absolutely, worthy, goodly, ἄξια δῶρα[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄ. ὦνος a goodly price, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅθεν κέ τοι ἄξιον ἄλφοι it would bring thee a good price,[Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. b in Attic dialect in an exactly opposite sense, 'good value for the money', i.e. cheap, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative,[Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. deserved, meet, due, δίκη[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄξια δράσας ἄξια πάσχων fit suffering for fit deeds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. of persons, οἱ ἑωυτοῦ ἄξιοι those of one's own rank, his peers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
6. sufficient for, with genitive, ἄ. τοῦ πολέμου τὰ χρήματα[Refs 4th c.BC+]
7. αἰδοῦς ἀξίαν.. τὴν προθυμίαν μᾶλλον ἢ θράσους more like modesty than rashness, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. after [Refs 8th c.BC+], in moral relation, worthy, estimable, of persons and things, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν ἀξία nothing worth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. worthy of, deserving, mostly with genitive of things, ἄξιον φυγῆς, ἄξια στεναγμάτων, γέλωτος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. b with genitive of things et dative person, ἡμῖν δ᾽ Ἀχιλλεὺς ἄξιος τιμῆς is worthy of honour at our hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. with infinitive, Προθοήνορος ἀντὶ πεφάσθαι ἄ. worthy to be killed instead of him, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄξιοι δουλεύειν only fit to be slaves, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. b ἄξιός εἰμι, like{δίκαιός εἰμι}, I deserve to.., ἄξιός εἰμι πληγὰς λαβεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, the infinitive being supplied, authorized to act, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. γάρ, emphatically, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. c later ἄ. ἵνα[NT]
II.4. ἄξιόν [ἐστι] 'tis meet, fit, due, ἄξιον εἶναι τρεῖς ἑνὸς ἀντὶ πεφάσθαι[Refs 8th c.BC+]: later with future infinitive, ἄ. διαπορήσειν[Refs 1st c.BC+]in D.[Refs]
II.4. b with dative person et infinitive, τῇ πόλει γὰρ ἄξιον ξυλλαβεῖν τὸν νο̄ρα 'tis meet for the city, is worth her while.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] that it was not meet for him.., [Refs]
II.4. c the infinitive is sometimes omitted, ἄξιον γὰρ Ἑλλάδι 'tis meet in the eyes of Hellas [so to do], [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and sometimes the dative, ἄξιόν ἐστι operae pretium est, it is worth while, ἐνθυμηθῆναι[Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. adverb ἀξίως, with genitive, ἐμάχοντο ἀξίως λόγου[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τοῦ θεοῦ, τῆς θεᾶς, [NT+5th c.BC+]; κολάσετε ἀξίως as they deserve, [Refs 5th c.BC+]