515. axioó

Strong's Lexicon

axioó: To deem worthy, to consider deserving

Original Word: ἀξιόω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: axioó
Pronunciation: ak-see-o'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (ax-ee-o'-o)
Definition: To deem worthy, to consider deserving
Meaning: I account or treat as worthy.

Word Origin: From the Greek adjective ἄξιος (axios), meaning "worthy" or "deserving."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The concept of worthiness in the Hebrew Bible is often expressed with words like כָּשַׁב (kashab, Strong's H2803) meaning "to consider" or "to reckon," and רָאוּי (ra'ui, not in Strong's but related), meaning "worthy" or "deserving."

Usage: The verb ἀξιόω (axioó) is used in the New Testament to express the act of considering someone or something as worthy or deserving of a particular status, action, or treatment. It often conveys a sense of judgment or evaluation based on perceived merit or value.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of worthiness was significant in social and religious contexts. Honor and shame were central to societal interactions, and being deemed worthy could affect one's social standing and relationships. In the New Testament, this term is often used in the context of spiritual and moral worthiness, reflecting the values of the early Christian community.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 515 aksióō – to reckon as worthy, matching value to actual substance – i.e. worth as it corresponds to reality. See 514 (aksios).

[In the papyri, aksioō can refer to making a "claim" (see P Oxy 237. vi.14, ad 186): "claiming to recover what I had made over to her" (MM, 51). 515 (aksióō) is the root of the English term, "axis."]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from axios
Definition
to deem worthy
NASB Translation
consider...worthy (1), considered worthy (1), count...worthy (1), counted worthy (1), deserve (1), desire (1), insisting (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 515: ἀξιόω

ἀξιόω, ἀξιῶ; imperfect ἠξίουν; 1 aorist ἠξίωσα; passive, perfect ἠξιωμαι; 1 future ἀξιωθήσομαι; (ἄξιος); as in Greek writings;

a. to think meet, fit, right: followed by an infinitive, Acts 15:38; Acts 28:22.

b. to judge worthy, deem deserving: τινα with an infinitive of the object, Luke 7:7; τινα τίνος, 2 Thessalonians 1:11; passive with the genitive of the thing, 1 Timothy 5:17; Hebrews 3:3; Hebrews 10:29. (Compare: καταξιόω.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

desire, think good, count worthy.

From axios; to deem entitled or fit -- desire, think good, count (think) worthy.

see GREEK axios

Forms and Transliterations

αξιοίς αξίου αξιουμεν αξιούμεν ἀξιοῦμεν αξιούντα αξιουσθωσαν αξιούσθωσαν ἀξιούσθωσαν αξιώ αξιωθησεται αξιωθήσεται ἀξιωθήσεται αξίωμα αξίωμά αξιώματί αξιώματος αξιών αξιώσαι αξιωση αξιώση ἀξιώσῃ ηξιου ηξίου ἠξίου ηξιώθην ηξιωσα ηξίωσα ἠξίωσα ηξιώσαμεν ηξίωσε ηξίωσεν ηξιωται ηξίωται ἠξίωται axiose axiōsē axiṓsei axiṓsēi axiothesetai axiothḗsetai axiōthēsetai axiōthḗsetai axioumen axioûmen axiousthosan axiousthōsan axioústhosan axioústhōsan exiosa exíosa ēxiōsa ēxíōsa exiotai exíotai ēxiōtai ēxíōtai exiou exíou ēxiou ēxíou

Englishman's Concordance

Luke 7:7 V-AIA-1S
GRK: οὐδὲ ἐμαυτὸν ἠξίωσα πρὸς σὲ
NAS: I did not even consider myself
KJV: thought I myself worthy to come unto
INT: neither myself counted I worthy to you

Acts 15:38 V-IIA-3S
GRK: Παῦλος δὲ ἠξίου τὸν ἀποστάντα
NAS: But Paul kept insisting that they should not take him along
KJV: thought not good to take him
INT: Paul however thought it well the [one] having withdrawn

Acts 28:22 V-PIA-1P
GRK: ἀξιοῦμεν δὲ παρὰ
NAS: But we desire to hear from you what
KJV: But we desire to hear of
INT: we deem worthy moreover from

2 Thessalonians 1:11 V-ASA-3S
GRK: ἵνα ὑμᾶς ἀξιώσῃ τῆς κλήσεως
NAS: that our God will count you worthy of your calling,
KJV: you worthy of [this] calling,
INT: that you might count worthy of the calling

1 Timothy 5:17 V-PMM/P-3P
GRK: διπλῆς τιμῆς ἀξιούσθωσαν μάλιστα οἱ
NAS: well are to be considered worthy of double
KJV: well be counted worthy of double
INT: of double honor let be counted worthy especially those

Hebrews 3:3 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: παρὰ Μωυσῆν ἠξίωται καθ' ὅσον
NAS: For He has been counted worthy of more
KJV: this [man] was counted worthy of more
INT: than Moses has been counted worthy by so much as

Hebrews 10:29 V-FIP-3S
GRK: δοκεῖτε χείρονος ἀξιωθήσεται τιμωρίας ὁ
NAS: do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot
KJV: suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who
INT: think you worse will he be counted worthy of punishment the [one]

Strong's Greek 515
7 Occurrences

ἀξιώσῃ — 1 Occ.
ἀξιωθήσεται — 1 Occ.
ἀξιοῦμεν — 1 Occ.
ἀξιούσθωσαν — 1 Occ.
ἠξίωσα — 1 Occ.
ἠξίωται — 1 Occ.
ἠξίου — 1 Occ.