ἄξιος

ἄξιος, -α, -ον

(ἄγω, in sense, to weigh), [in LXX for בֵּן (5 Mos 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, Matt 3,8, Luk 3,8; 23,41, ApG 26,20, 1 Kor 16,4 (see M, Pr., 216); absol., 2 Thess 1,3

(with) of persons, worthy;

2. Part Two

α in good sense: with genitive of thing(s), Matt 10,10, Luk 7,4; 10,7, ApG 13,46, 1 Tim 1,15; 4,9; 5,18; 6,1; with aor. inf. (see M, Pr., 203): Luk 15,19, 21, Act_13:25, Åb 4,11; 5,2, 4; 5,9, 12; before ἵνα: Joh 1,27 ἅς, Luk 7,4 absol., but of what understood: Matt 10,11, 13; 22,8, Åb 3,4; with genitive of person(s), Matt 10,37-38, Hebr 11,38;

β in bad sense; with genitive of thing(s), Luk 12,48; 23,15, ApG 23,29; 25,11, 25; 26,31, Rom 1,32; absol., Åb 16,6 (MM, VGT, see word).†