worthy

Greek Adjective

ἄξιος, -α, -ον (ἄγω, in sense, to weigh), [in LXX for בֵּן (Deu.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, Mat.3:8, Luk.3:8 23:41, Act.26:20, 1Co.16:4 (see M, Pr., 216); absol, 2Th.1:3; (with) of persons, worthy; 2) Part Two α in good sense: with genitive of thing(s), Mat.10:10, Luk.7:4 10:7, Act.13:46, 1Ti.1:15 4:9 5:18 6:1; with aor. inf. (see M, Pr., 203): Luk.15:19, 21, Act_13:25, Rev.4:11 5:2, 4 5:9, 12; before ἵνα: Jhn.1:27; ἅς, Luk.7:4; absol, but of what understood: Mat.10:11, 13 22:8, Rev.3:4; with genitive of person(s), Mat.10:37-38, Heb.11:38; β in bad sense; with genitive of thing(s), Luk.12:48 23:15, Act.23:29 25:11, 25 26:31, Rom.1:32; absol, Rev.16:6 (MM, VGT, see word). (AS)

worthy

Greek Adjective

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+]

Greek

Adjective

deserving, comparable or suitable (as if drawing praise); due reward, meet, (un-)worthy; probably from g71 (ἄγω)