STRONGS G514:
ἄξιος,
-α,
-ον, (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:
βοὸς ἄξιος, Homer, Iliad 23, 885; with the genitive of price [Winer's Grammar, 206 (194)], as
ἄξ.
δέκα μνῶν, common in Attic writings;
πᾶν τίμιον οὐκ ἄξιον αὐτῆς (
σοφίας)
ἐστι,
Proverbs 3:15;
Proverbs 8:11;
οὐκ ἔστι σταθμὸς πᾶς ἄξιος ψυχῆς, Sir. 26:15;
οὐκ ἄξια πρὸς τ.
δόξαν are of no weight in comparison with the glory,
i. e. are not to be put on an equality with the glory,
Romans 8:18; cf. Fritzsche at the passage and Winers Grammar, 405 (378); [Buttmann, 340 (292)].
b. befitting, congruous, corresponding, τινός,
to a thing:
τῆς μετανοίας,
Matthew 3:8;
Luke 3:8;
Acts 26:20;
ἄξια ὧν ἐπράξαμεν,
Luke 23:41.
ἄξιόν ἐστι it is befitting:
α. it is meet, 2 Thessalonians 1:3 (4 Macc. 17:8);
β. it is worth the while, followed by
τοῦ with an accusative and an infinitive,
1 Corinthians 16:4; — (in both senses very common in Greek writings from Homer and Herodotus down, and often with
ἐστί 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:
Matthew 10:10;
Luke 7:4; [
Luke 10:7];
Acts 13:46;
1 Timothy 1:15;
1 Timothy 4:9;
1 Timothy 5:18;
1 Timothy 6:1. followed by the aorist infinitive:
Luke 15:19,
21;
Acts 13:25;
Revelation 4:11;
Revelation 5:2,
4,
9,
12; followed by
ἵνα:
John 1:27 (
ἵνα λύσω, a construction somewhat rare; cf. Dem. pro cor., p. 279, 9
ἀξιοῦν,
ἵνα βοηθήσῃ [(dubious); see under the word
ἵνα, II. 2 at the beginning and c.]); followed by
ὅς with a finite verb (like Latin
dignus,
qui):
Luke 7:4 [Buttmann, 229 (198)]. It stands alone, but so that the context makes it plain of what one is said to be worthy:
Matthew 10:11 (to lodge with);
Matthew 10:13 (namely,
τῆς εἰρήνης);
Matthew 22:8 (namely, of the favor of an invitation);
Revelation 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:
Matthew 10:37;
Hebrews 11:38 (
τοῦ θεοῦ, Sap. iii. 5; Ignatius ad Eph. 2).
β. in a bad sense; with a genitive of the thing:
πληγῶν,
Luke 12:48;
θανάτου,
Luke 23:15; Acts [
Acts 23:29];
Acts 25:11 [
Acts 25:25];
Acts 26:31;
Romans 1:32; absolutely:
Revelation 16:6 (namely, to drink blood).
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