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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 δότω μοι τὸ σπήλαιον τὸ διπλοῦν, ὅ ἐστιν αὐτῷ, τὸ ὂν ἐν μέρει τοῦ ἀγροῦ αὐτοῦ. ἀργυρίου τοῦ ἀξίου δότω μοι αὐτὸ ἐν ὑμῖν εἰσ κτῆσιν μνημείου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 23:9)
  • καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸσ Ὀρνά. δόσ μοι τὸν τόπον σου τῆσ ἅλω, καὶ οἰκοδομήσω ἐπ̓ αὐτῷ θυσιαστήριον τῷ Κυρίῳ. ἐν ἀργυρίῳ ἀξίῳ δόσ μοι αὐτόν, καὶ παύσεται ἡ πληγὴ ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 21:22)
  • καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ Δαυὶδ τῷ Ὀρνά. οὐχί, ὅτι ἀγοράζων ἀγοράσω ἐν ἀργυρίῳ ἀξίῳ, ὅτι οὐ μὴ λάβω ἅ ἐστί σοι Κυρίῳ τοῦ ἀνανέγκαι ὁλοκαύτωσιν δωρεὰν Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 21:24)
  • ἐπέστρεψε δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺσ ἐκ τοῦ κήπου, Ἀμάν δὲ ἐπιπεπτώκει ἐπὶ τὴν κλίνην ἀξιῶν τὴν βασίλισσαν. εἶπε δὲ ὁ βασιλεύσ. ὥστε καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα βιάζῃ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ μου̣ Ἀμὰν δὲ ἀκούσασ διετράπη τῷ προσώπῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 7:8)
  • συνιδὼν ὁ Μακκαβαῖοσ τὴν τῶν πληθῶν παρουσίαν καὶ τῶν ὅπλων τὴν ποικίλην παρασκευὴν τήν τε τῶν θηρίων ἀγριότητα, προτείνασ τὰσ χεῖρασ εἰσ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐπεκαλέσατο τὸν τερατοποιὸν Κύριον, τὸν κατόπτην, γινώσκων ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι δἰ ὅπλων ἡ νίκη, καθὼσ δὲ ἂν αὐτῷ κριθείη, τοῖσ ἀξίοισ περιποιεῖται τὴν νίκην. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 15:21)
  • 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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