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ἄξιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄξιος ἀξίᾱ ἄξιον

Structure: ἀξι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/gw IV, and so properly weighing as much.

Sense

  1. counterbalancing, weighing as much as, of like value
  2. worthy, fit

Examples

  • καὶ ἔσται ἐὰν ἄξιοσ ᾖ πληγῶν ὁ ἀσεβῶν, καθιεῖσ αὐτὸν ἔναντι τῶν κριτῶν καὶ μαστιγώσουσιν αὐτὸν ἐναντίον αὐτῶν κατὰ τὴν ἀσέβειαν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 25:2)
  • ἐπράθημεν γὰρ ἐγώ τε καὶ ὁ λαόσ μου εἰσ ἀπώλειαν καὶ διαρπαγὴν καὶ δουλείαν, ἡμεῖσ καὶ τὰ τέκνα ἡμῶν εἰσ παῖδασ καὶ παιδίσκασ, καὶ παρήκουσα. οὐ γὰρ ἄξιοσ ὁ διάβολοσ τῆσ αὐλῆσ τοῦ βασιλέωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 7:4)
  • διόπερ ἀνδρείωσ μὲν νῦν διαλλάξασ τὸν βίον τοῦ μὲν γήρωσ ἄξιοσ φανήσομαι, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 6:27)
  • μὴ φοβηθῇσ τὸν δήμιον τοῦτον, ἀλλὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἄξιοσ γενόμενοσ, ἐπίδεξαι τὸν θάνατον, ἵνα ἐν τῷ ἐλέει σὺν τοῖσ ἀδελφοῖσ σου κομίσωμαί σε. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 7:29)
  • καὶ ἔσται προσδεκτὰ τὰ ἔργα μου, καὶ διακρινῶ τὸν λαόν σου δικαίωσ καὶ ἔσομαι ἄξιοσ θρόνων πατρόσ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 9:12)

Synonyms

  1. worthy

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