Lexical Definition

‎ἄξιος‎ áxios (ax'-ee-os) worthy ^G:A
probably from ‎ἄγω‎

due reward, meet, (un-)worthy.

• deserving, comparable or suitable (as if drawing praise)

Abbott-Smith

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 3:15 8:11), seq. πρός: Ro 8:18 (v. Field, Notes, 157);
(b) befitting, meet: c. gen., Mt 3:8, Lk 3:8 23:41, 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 7:4 10:7, Ac 13:46, I Ti 1:15 4:9 5:18 6:1; c. aor. inf. (v. M, Pr., 203): Lk 15:19, 21, Ac 13:25, Re 4:11 5:2, 4, 9, 12; seq. ἵνα: Jo 1:27; ὅς, Lk 7:4; absol., but of what understood: Mt 10:11, 13 22:8, Re 3:4; c. gen. pers., Mt 10:37, 38, He 11:38;
β in bad sense; c. gen. rei, Lk 12:48 23:15, Ac 23:29 25:11, 25 26:31, Ro 1:32; absol., Re 16:6 (MM, VGT, s.v.).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἄξιος, ία, ιον

(ος, ον [Refs 4th c.AD+] counterbalancing,[Refs]: hence properly weighing as much, of like value, worth as much as, with genitive, βοὸς ἄ.[Refs 8th c.BC+]; νῦν δ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἑνὸς ἄξιοί εἰμεν Ἕκτορος we are not—all together—worth one Hector,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; so πολλοῦ ἄ. worth much, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παντός, τοῦ παντὸς ἄ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παντὸς ἄ., with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγου ἄ., ={ἀξιόλογος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπουδῆς, μνήμης ἄ., [Refs 6th c.BC+]; μείονος, ἐλάττονος ἄ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also εἰς ὀγδοήκοντα μνᾶς ἄ. worth up to a sum of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__2 with dative person, σοὶ δ᾽ ἄξιόν ἐστιν ἀμοιβῆς 'tis worth a return to thee, i.e. will bring thee a return, [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. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 absolutely, worthy, goodly, ἄξια δῶρα[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄ. ὦνος a goodly price, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅθεν κέ τοι ἄξιον ἄλφοι it would bring thee a good price,[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3.b in Attic dialect in an exactly opposite sense, 'good value for the money', i.e. cheap, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative,[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 deserved, meet, due, δίκη[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄξια δράσας ἄξια πάσχων fit suffering for fit deeds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 of persons, οἱ ἑωυτοῦ ἄξιοι those of one's own rank, his peers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6 sufficient for, with genitive, ἄ. τοῦ πολέμου τὰ χρήματα[Refs 4th c.BC+]
__7 αἰδοῦς ἀξίαν.. τὴν προθυμίαν μᾶλλον ἢ θράσους more like modesty than rashness, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II after [Refs 8th c.BC+], in moral relation, worthy, estimable, of persons and things, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν ἀξία nothing worth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 worthy of, deserving, mostly with genitive of things, ἄξιον φυγῆς, ἄξια στεναγμάτων, γέλωτος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__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+]
__II.3 with infinitive, Προθοήνορος ἀντὶ πεφάσθαι ἄ. worthy to be killed instead of him, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄξιοι δουλεύειν only fit to be slaves, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3.b ἄξιός εἰμι, like{δίκαιός εἰμι}, I deserve to.., ἄξιός εἰμι πληγὰς λαβεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, the infinitive being supplied, authorized to act, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. γάρ, emphatically, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3.c later ἄ. ἵνα[NT]
__II.4 ἄξιόν [ἐστι] 'tis meet, fit, due, ἄξιον εἶναι τρεῖς ἑνὸς ἀντὶ πεφάσθαι[Refs 8th c.BC+]: later with future infinitive, ἄ. διαπορήσειν[Refs 1st c.BC+]in D.[Refs]
__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+] that it was not meet for him.., [Refs]
__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+]; and sometimes the dative, ἄξιόν ἐστι operae pretium est, it is worth while, ἐνθυμηθῆναι[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III adverb ἀξίως, with genitive, ἐμάχοντο ἀξίως λόγου[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τοῦ θεοῦ, τῆς θεᾶς, [NT+5th c.BC+]; κολάσετε ἀξίως as they deserve, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: John.1.27 ☩ 1Thess.2.12}