ἄξιος, -α, -ον
(< ἄγω, in sense, to weigh), [in LXX for בֵּן (De 25:2), מָלֵא, שָׁוָה; freq. in Wis, II Mac;]
(a) of weight, worth (often c. gen., cf. Pr 3:158:11), seq. πρός: Ro 8:18 (v. Field, Notes, 157);
(b) befitting, meet: c. gen., Mt 3:8, Lk 3:823:41, Ac 26:20, I Co 16:4 (v. M, Pr., 216); absol., II Th 1:3;
(c) of persons, worthy;
α in good sense: c. gen. rei, Mt 10:10, Lk 7:410:7, Ac 13:46, I Ti 1:154:95:186:1; c. aor. inf. (v. M, Pr., 203): Lk 15:19, 21, Ac 13:25, Re 4:115:2, 4, 9, 12; seq. ἵνα: Jo 1:27; ὅς, Lk 7:4; absol., but of what understood: Mt 10:11, 1322:8, Re 3:4; c. gen. pers., Mt 10:37, 38, He 11:38;
β in bad sense; c. gen. rei, Lk 12:4823:15, Ac 23:2925:11, 2526:31, Ro 1:32; absol., Re 16:6 (MM, VGT, s.v.).†