Word Summary
axioō: to deem worthy
Original Word: ἀξιόωTransliteration: axioō
Phonetic Spelling: (ax-ee-o'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to deem worthy
Meaning: to deem worthy
Strong's Concordance
desire, think good, count worthy.
From axios; to deem entitled or fit -- desire, think good, count (think) worthy.
see GREEK axios
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 515: ἀξιόωἀξιόω,
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.)