2001 Translation

AXIŌN, axiōn

Sounds Like: ax-ee-OHN

Translations: worthy, deserving, fitting, suitable, to deem worthy, to consider worthy, to ask, to request, to expect, to think fit, of worthy ones, of those who are worthy

From the root: ἈΞΙΟΩ, ἈΞΙΟΣ

Part of Speech: Verb, Adjective

Explanation: This word can function as a verb or an adjective. As a verb (from ἀξιόω), it means 'to deem worthy,' 'to consider worthy,' 'to ask,' 'to request,' or 'to expect.' As an adjective (from ἄξιος), it means 'worthy,' 'deserving,' 'fitting,' or 'suitable.' The form 'ἈΞΙΩΝ' can be a present active participle (nominative masculine singular) of the verb 'ἀξιόω', meaning 'deeming worthy' or 'asking'. It can also be the genitive plural (masculine, feminine, or neuter) of the adjective 'ἄξιος', meaning 'of worthy ones' or 'of those who are worthy'. Its meaning depends on the context.

Inflection: Present Active Participle (Nominative, Masculine, Singular) or Genitive Plural (Masculine, Feminine, Neuter)

Strong’s numbers: G0514 (Lookup on BibleHub), G0516 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 2:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 17:107, 4:42, 4:46, 13:136
• Book Two — 4:42, 4:46, 13:136

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 16:253
• Book 4 — 2:29, 5:88, 6:147
• Book 5 — 1:36
• Book 6 — 13:285
• Book 7 — 14:361
• Book 8 — 14:367
• Book 11 — 3:51
• Book 13 — 7:107, 8:245, 11:308
• Book 14 — 8:154
• Book 15 — 4:98, 10:353
• Book 16 — 4:114, 4:134, 7:224, 8:236, 10:341
• Book 17 — 6:179
• Book 18 — 6:161, 6:184
• Book 20 — 2:22

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 2:7
• Book Four — 2:35, 11:1
• Book Six — 3:10
• Book Seven — 3:22, 7:21

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 29:1, 31:1, 52:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 38:1, 117:2, 125:4

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 21:103

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Esther — 7:8

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 8 — 11:1

From the same root

No other words from the same root, ἈΞΙΟΩ, ἈΞΙΟΣ, appear in our texts.

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