ἄξιος

ἄξιος — áxios

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).