Strong G516ἀξίως
appropriately
- Transliteration
- axiōs
- Pronunciation
- ax-ee'-oce
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Adverb from G514; appropriately: - as becometh after a godly sort worthily (-thy).
Detailed definition
ἀξίως,
adv. [in LXX: Wis.7:15 16:1, Sir.14:11 *;]
worthily: Rom.16:2, Eph.4:1, Php.1:27; with genitive (frequently in Inscr.; Deiss., BS, 248; MM, VGT, 51), ἀ. τ. Κυρίου, Col.1:10; τ. θεοῦ 1Th.2:12, 3Jn.6.†
(AS)
adv. [in LXX: Wis.7:15 16:1, Sir.14:11 *;]
worthily: Rom.16:2, Eph.4:1, Php.1:27; with genitive (frequently in Inscr.; Deiss., BS, 248; MM, VGT, 51), ἀ. τ. Κυρίου, Col.1:10; τ. θεοῦ 1Th.2:12, 3Jn.6.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G516 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- worthy3
- becometh2
- after1
First verses
- Romans 16:2That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
- Ephesians 4:1I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
- Philippians 1:27Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
- Colossians 1:10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
- 1 Thessalonians 2:12That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
- 3 John 1:6Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: ἄξιος, ία, ιον
(ος, ον [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 8.314), for Αγ-τιος,)] counterbalancing,[Refs (compare ἄγω v1)]: hence properly weighing as much, of like value, worth as much as, with genitive, βοὸς ἄ.[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.885)]; νῦν δ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἑνὸς ἄξιοί εἰμεν Ἕκτορος we are not—all together—worth one Hector,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8.234, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, 7.21; πάντων Ζεὺς ἄξιον ἦμαρ ἔδωκεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.719)]; so πολλοῦ ἄ. worth much, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.1.28, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 185b, etc.; πλείονος ἄ. [prev. author] “Phdr.” 235b, etc.; πλείστου ἄ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 464d, etc.)]; παντός, τοῦ παντὸς ἄ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 275, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 216c)]; παντὸς ἄ., with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 797)]; λόγου ἄ., ={ἀξιόλογος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.133, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.73, etc.)]; σπουδῆς, μνήμης ἄ., [Refs 6th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.35a,172e:—opposed to to these are οὐδενὸς ἄ. 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 456; ἢ παντὸς ἢ τὸ παράπαν οὐδενός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 64d; ὀλίγου [prev. author] “Grg.” 497b, etc.; σμικροῦ [prev. author] “R.” 504d, etc.; βραχέος [prev. author] “Lg.” 692c)]; μείονος, ἐλάττονος ἄ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.50, “Cyr.” 2.2.14; πολλαπλασίου τιμήματος ἄ. κτήσεις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1306b12)]; also εἰς ὀγδοήκοντα μνᾶς ἄ. worth up to a sum of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.10.)]
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+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.318; πολέος δέ οἱ ἄξιος ἔσται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.562; βασιλεῖ ἂν πολλοῦ ἄξιοι γένοιντο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.14.)]
3 absolutely, worthy, goodly, ἄξια δῶρα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.261)]; ἄ. ὦνος a goodly price, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.429)]; ὅθεν κέ τοι ἄξιον ἄλφοι it would bring thee a good price,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (20.383; φέροντες ὅ τι ἕκαστος ἄξιον εἶχε 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.2.)]
3.b in Attic dialect in an exactly opposite sense, 'good value for the money', i.e. cheap, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 672, 895)]: comparative,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 645; ὡς ἀξιώτατον πρίασθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.18; ὡς ἄ. γεγόνασιν οἱ πυροὶ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 3.3, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.6.)]
4 deserved, meet, due, δίκη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 298, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 12.19; χάρις [prev. author] “HG” 1.6.11)]; ἄξια δράσας ἄξια πάσχων fit suffering for fit deeds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1527, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 735.)]
5 of persons, οἱ ἑωυτοῦ ἄξιοι those of one's own rank, his peers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.107.)]
6 sufficient for, with genitive, ἄ. τοῦ πολέμου τὰ χρήματα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.27.)]
7 αἰδοῦς ἀξίαν.. τὴν προθυμίαν μᾶλλον ἢ θράσους more like modesty than rashness, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 291b25.)]
II after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], in moral relation, worthy, estimable, of persons and things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.224, etc.)]; οὐδὲν ἀξία nothing worth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 445; ἀξίαν κἀπ᾽ ἀξίων [prev. author] “Eu.” 435; ἀξίων γεννητόρων ἤθη φυλάσσεις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 735.)]
II.2 worthy of, deserving, mostly with genitive of things, ἄξιον φυγῆς, ἄξια στεναγμάτων, γέλωτος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Med.” 1124, “Or.” 1326, “Heracl.” 507; ἐγκωμίων τί ἀξιώτερον ἤ..; 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 10.3: with _genitive_ _person_, ποιεῖν ἄξια οὔτε ὑμῶν οὔτε πατέρων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.71; ἄξιον τοῦ πατρός 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.80; ἄξια τοῦ Μαραθῶνος διανοεῖσθαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cimon” 5.)]
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+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 309; πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν ἄ. ὑμῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 633; ἄ. πλείστου Λακεδαιμονίοις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.81; θανάτου τῇ πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.1, compare 1.2.62; εἰμὶ δ᾽ οὐ τούτων ὑμῖν ἄ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.217; χάριτος ἄ. τῇ πόλει 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.10; later τιμῆς ἄ. παρὰ πάντων 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 3.)]
II.3 with infinitive, Προθοήνορος ἀντὶ πεφάσθαι ἄ. worthy to be killed instead of him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.472, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.76; τίεσθαι δ᾽ ἀξιώτατος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 531; ἄ. θρήνων τυχεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 924)]; ἄξιοι δουλεύειν only fit to be slaves, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1254b36; also ἄ. σέβειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 315 (Elmsl.).)]
II.3.b ἄξιός εἰμι, like{δίκαιός εἰμι}, I deserve to.., ἄξιός εἰμι πληγὰς λαβεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 324; ἄξιός εἰμι ἀπολαῦσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.19)]: absolutely, the infinitive being supplied, authorized to act, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.132)]; ἄ. γάρ, emphatically, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 143e.)]
II.3.c later ἄ. ἵνα[NT (NT.John.1.27.)]
II.4 ἄξιόν [ἐστι] 'tis meet, fit, due, ἄξιον εἶναι τρεῖς ἑνὸς ἀντὶ πεφάσθαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.446; ἄ. μνήμην ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.14)]: later with future infinitive, ἄ. διαπορήσειν[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Didymus Grammaticus)]in D.[Refs (9.15.)]
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+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 205; τί σοι ζῆν ἄξιο; [prev. author] “Nu.” 1074, compare “Av.” 548; ἄξιόν γε πᾶσιν ἐπολολύξαι [prev. author] “Eq.” 616; frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus as ὡς οὐκ ἄξιον εἴη βασιλεῖ ἀφεῖναι κτλ.)] that it was not meet for him.., [Refs (“An.” 2.3.25.)]
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+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 8)]; and sometimes the dative, ἄξιόν ἐστι operae pretium est, it is worth while, ἐνθυμηθῆναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.21; γαμεῖν οὐκ ἄξιον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 628.)]
III adverb ἀξίως, with genitive, ἐμάχοντο ἀξίως λόγου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.112; οὔτε ἑωυτοῦ ἀ. [prev. author] 3.125; οὐκ ἀ. ἀπηγήσιος [prev. passage]; τῆς ἀσικίας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.39)]; ἀ. τοῦ θεοῦ, τῆς θεᾶς, [NT+5th c.BC+ (“OGI” 331.9 (Pergam.), “Inscription Magn.” 33.30, cf. NT.1Thes.2.12: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 133, etc.)]; κολάσετε ἀξίως as they deserve, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.40.)]
(ος, ον [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 8.314), for Αγ-τιος,)] counterbalancing,[Refs (compare ἄγω v1)]: hence properly weighing as much, of like value, worth as much as, with genitive, βοὸς ἄ.[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.885)]; νῦν δ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἑνὸς ἄξιοί εἰμεν Ἕκτορος we are not—all together—worth one Hector,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8.234, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, 7.21; πάντων Ζεὺς ἄξιον ἦμαρ ἔδωκεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.719)]; so πολλοῦ ἄ. worth much, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.1.28, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 185b, etc.; πλείονος ἄ. [prev. author] “Phdr.” 235b, etc.; πλείστου ἄ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 464d, etc.)]; παντός, τοῦ παντὸς ἄ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 275, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 216c)]; παντὸς ἄ., with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 797)]; λόγου ἄ., ={ἀξιόλογος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.133, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.73, etc.)]; σπουδῆς, μνήμης ἄ., [Refs 6th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.35a,172e:—opposed to to these are οὐδενὸς ἄ. 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 456; ἢ παντὸς ἢ τὸ παράπαν οὐδενός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 64d; ὀλίγου [prev. author] “Grg.” 497b, etc.; σμικροῦ [prev. author] “R.” 504d, etc.; βραχέος [prev. author] “Lg.” 692c)]; μείονος, ἐλάττονος ἄ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.50, “Cyr.” 2.2.14; πολλαπλασίου τιμήματος ἄ. κτήσεις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1306b12)]; also εἰς ὀγδοήκοντα μνᾶς ἄ. worth up to a sum of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.10.)]
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+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.318; πολέος δέ οἱ ἄξιος ἔσται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.562; βασιλεῖ ἂν πολλοῦ ἄξιοι γένοιντο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.14.)]
3 absolutely, worthy, goodly, ἄξια δῶρα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.261)]; ἄ. ὦνος a goodly price, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.429)]; ὅθεν κέ τοι ἄξιον ἄλφοι it would bring thee a good price,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (20.383; φέροντες ὅ τι ἕκαστος ἄξιον εἶχε 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.2.)]
3.b in Attic dialect in an exactly opposite sense, 'good value for the money', i.e. cheap, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 672, 895)]: comparative,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 645; ὡς ἀξιώτατον πρίασθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.18; ὡς ἄ. γεγόνασιν οἱ πυροὶ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 3.3, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.6.)]
4 deserved, meet, due, δίκη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 298, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 12.19; χάρις [prev. author] “HG” 1.6.11)]; ἄξια δράσας ἄξια πάσχων fit suffering for fit deeds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1527, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 735.)]
5 of persons, οἱ ἑωυτοῦ ἄξιοι those of one's own rank, his peers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.107.)]
6 sufficient for, with genitive, ἄ. τοῦ πολέμου τὰ χρήματα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.27.)]
7 αἰδοῦς ἀξίαν.. τὴν προθυμίαν μᾶλλον ἢ θράσους more like modesty than rashness, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 291b25.)]
II after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], in moral relation, worthy, estimable, of persons and things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.224, etc.)]; οὐδὲν ἀξία nothing worth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 445; ἀξίαν κἀπ᾽ ἀξίων [prev. author] “Eu.” 435; ἀξίων γεννητόρων ἤθη φυλάσσεις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 735.)]
II.2 worthy of, deserving, mostly with genitive of things, ἄξιον φυγῆς, ἄξια στεναγμάτων, γέλωτος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Med.” 1124, “Or.” 1326, “Heracl.” 507; ἐγκωμίων τί ἀξιώτερον ἤ..; 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 10.3: with _genitive_ _person_, ποιεῖν ἄξια οὔτε ὑμῶν οὔτε πατέρων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.71; ἄξιον τοῦ πατρός 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.80; ἄξια τοῦ Μαραθῶνος διανοεῖσθαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cimon” 5.)]
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+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 309; πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν ἄ. ὑμῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 633; ἄ. πλείστου Λακεδαιμονίοις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.81; θανάτου τῇ πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.1, compare 1.2.62; εἰμὶ δ᾽ οὐ τούτων ὑμῖν ἄ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.217; χάριτος ἄ. τῇ πόλει 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.10; later τιμῆς ἄ. παρὰ πάντων 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 3.)]
II.3 with infinitive, Προθοήνορος ἀντὶ πεφάσθαι ἄ. worthy to be killed instead of him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.472, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.76; τίεσθαι δ᾽ ἀξιώτατος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 531; ἄ. θρήνων τυχεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 924)]; ἄξιοι δουλεύειν only fit to be slaves, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1254b36; also ἄ. σέβειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 315 (Elmsl.).)]
II.3.b ἄξιός εἰμι, like{δίκαιός εἰμι}, I deserve to.., ἄξιός εἰμι πληγὰς λαβεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 324; ἄξιός εἰμι ἀπολαῦσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.19)]: absolutely, the infinitive being supplied, authorized to act, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.132)]; ἄ. γάρ, emphatically, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 143e.)]
II.3.c later ἄ. ἵνα[NT (NT.John.1.27.)]
II.4 ἄξιόν [ἐστι] 'tis meet, fit, due, ἄξιον εἶναι τρεῖς ἑνὸς ἀντὶ πεφάσθαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.446; ἄ. μνήμην ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.14)]: later with future infinitive, ἄ. διαπορήσειν[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Didymus Grammaticus)]in D.[Refs (9.15.)]
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+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 205; τί σοι ζῆν ἄξιο; [prev. author] “Nu.” 1074, compare “Av.” 548; ἄξιόν γε πᾶσιν ἐπολολύξαι [prev. author] “Eq.” 616; frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus as ὡς οὐκ ἄξιον εἴη βασιλεῖ ἀφεῖναι κτλ.)] that it was not meet for him.., [Refs (“An.” 2.3.25.)]
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+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 8)]; and sometimes the dative, ἄξιόν ἐστι operae pretium est, it is worth while, ἐνθυμηθῆναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.21; γαμεῖν οὐκ ἄξιον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 628.)]
III adverb ἀξίως, with genitive, ἐμάχοντο ἀξίως λόγου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.112; οὔτε ἑωυτοῦ ἀ. [prev. author] 3.125; οὐκ ἀ. ἀπηγήσιος [prev. passage]; τῆς ἀσικίας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.39)]; ἀ. τοῦ θεοῦ, τῆς θεᾶς, [NT+5th c.BC+ (“OGI” 331.9 (Pergam.), “Inscription Magn.” 33.30, cf. NT.1Thes.2.12: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 133, etc.)]; κολάσετε ἀξίως as they deserve, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.40.)]