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Strong's G514 · Greek

ἄξιος

axios · ax'-ee-os

probably from 71; deserving, comparable or suitable (as if drawing praise)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἄξιος (G514)

41 ἄξιος , -α, -ον ( ἄγω , in sense, to weigh ), [in LXX for בֵּן ( De 25:2 ), מָלֵא , שָׁוָה ; freq. in Wis, II Mac;] of weight , worth (often c. gen., cf. Pr 3:15 8:11 ), seq. πρός : Ro 8:18 (v. Field, Notes , 157); befitting , meet : c. gen., Mt 3:8 , Lk 3:8 23:41 , Ac 26:20 , I Co 16:4 (v. M, Pr. , 216); absol., II Th 1:3 ; of persons, worthy ; in good sense: c. gen. rei, Mt 10:10 , Lk 7:4 10:7 , Ac 13:46 , I Ti 1:15 4:9 5:18 6:1 ; c. aor. inf. (v. M, Pr. , 203): Lk 15:19 , 21 , Ac 13:25 , Re 4:11 5:2 , 4 , 9 , 12 ; seq. ἵνα : Jo 1:27 ; ὅς , Lk 7:4 ; absol., but of what understood: Mt 10:11 , 13 22:8 , Re 3:4 ; c. gen. pers., Mt 10:37 , 38 , He 11:38 ; in bad sense; c. gen. rei, Lk 12:48 23:15 , Ac 23:29 25:11 , 25 26:31 , Ro 1:32 ; absol., Re 16:6 (MM, VGT , s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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