ἀξιόω, 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, Act_15:38; Act_28:22. b. to judge worthy, deem deserving: τινα with an infinitive of the object, Luk_7:7; τινα τίνος, 2Th_1:11; passive with the genitive of the thing, 1Ti_5:17; Heb_3:3; Heb_10:29. (Compare: καταξιόω.)

ἀξιόω axioō 7x to judge or esteem worthy or deserving; to deem fitting, to require, Act_15:38 ; Act_28:22 worthy.

ἀξιόω , -ῶ ( < ἄξιος ), [in LXX chiefly for H1156 , H1245 ; freq . in Wis_1:1-16 , 2 Mac;] (a) to deem worthy: c . acc et inf . ( v. MM , VGT , s.v. , and cf. κατ -αξιόω ), Luk_7:7 ; id . et gen . rei , 2Th_1:11 ; pass . c . gen . rei , 1Ti_5:17 , Heb_3:3 ; Heb_10:29 ; (b) to think fit: c . inf . ( v. M , Pr., 205), Act_15:38 ; Act_28:22 .†

ἀξιόω [page 51] ἀξιόω is very common in legal documents = claim, e.g. P Oxy I. 37 i. 21 (A.D. 49) (= Selections , p. 50) ἀξιῶι ταῦ [τα ] φυλαχθῆ [ν ]αι , I demand that these (documents) be preserved (in the record), ib. II. 237 vi. 14 (A.D. 186) ἀξιῶν τότε ἃ προσήνεγκα α̣ὐτῇ ἀνακομίσασθαι , claiming to recover what I had made over to her. It also frequently occurs in the weakened sense request, ask, as P Eleph 19 .18 (iii/B.C.) ἀξιῶ σε ἀνακαλέσασθαι Μίλωνα , P Par 49 .10 ff. (B.C. 164 58) (= Witkowski .2 , p. 70) τοῦ δὲ ἀδελφοῦ σου συμπεσόντος μοι . . . καὶ ἀξιώσαντός με , P. Oxy IV. 805 (B.C. 25) ἀξιῶ δὲ ἀντιφωνεῖν [μ ]οι πυκνότερον , P Giss I. 20 .23 (ii/A.D.) ἀξιώσεις οὖν δίστιχον αὐτῶι γ̣ραφῆναι (can this mean you will arrange that . . . ?). For ἀξιόω of prayer (as LXX Jer_7:16 ; Jer_11:14 ) cf. P Par 51 .22 (a dream from the Serapeum, B.C. 160) (= Selections , p. 20) ἠξίωκα τὸν Σάραπιν καὶ τὴν Ἶσιν λέγων· Ἐλθέ μοι , θεὰ θεῶν κτλ ., and Syll 816 .1 (ii/i B.C.) ἐπικαλοῦμαι καὶ ἀξιῶ τὸν θεὸν τὸν ὕψιστον . . . ἐπὶ τοὺς δόλωι φονεύσαντας κτλ . (See Deissmann LAE p. 423 ff.) The verb occurs in OGIS 201 .7 (the Silco inscription, vi/A.D.) αὐτοὶ ἠξίωσάν με , where Dittenberger renders, dignitatem meam regiam agnoverunt. For a similar use of the noun ἀξίωμα , see P Tebt I. 33 .4 (B.C. 112) (= Selections , p. 30) ἐν μίζονι ἀξιώματι κα [ὶ ] τιμῆι . For the LXX usage of ἀξίωμα = request, petition ( Est_3:5-8 ; Est_7:2 f. etc.), Deissmann ( BS p. 92 f.) refers to the confirmation afforded by the inscriptions, e.g. Syll 303 .6 (before B.C. 146) περὶ ἧς (χώρας ) ἐπιδοὺς ἀξίωμα βασιλεὺς Θρᾳκῶν Κότ [υς ] . . . ᾔτει τ [ὴν π ]άτριον ἡμῶν χώραν . Frδnkel on Perg I. 13 .1 (iii/B.C.) describes it as very rare : see his exx.

ἀξιόω [Etym: ἄξιος] "to think or deem worthy of" a thing, whether of "reward", Eur. , Xen. ; or of "punishment", Hdt. , Plat. :— Pass. "to be thought worthy", τινός Hdt. , Eur. , etc. c. acc. pers. "to esteem, honour", Trag. c. acc. pers. et inf. "to think" one "worthy to" do or be, Eur. , etc.:—Pass., Aesch. , etc. "to think fit, expect, require, demand that", Lat. postulare, ἀξ. τινα ἐλθεῖν Hdt. , etc. c. inf. only, ἀξ. κομίζεσθαι, τυγχάνειν "to think one has a right to" receive, "expect" to receive, Thuc. :—Pass. "to be required" to do, Dem. "to think fit, expect, consent, resolve", ἀξιῶ θανεῖν Soph. ; εἴ τις ἀξιοῖ μαθεῖν if "he deigns" to learn, Aesch. :—so in Mid., ἀξιοῦσθαι μέλειν "to deign" to care for, id=Aesch. , etc.; also as a real Mid., οὐκ ἀξιούμενος not "deeming himself worthy", Hdt. "to claim", νικᾶν ἠξίουν "claimed" the victory, Thuc. : absol. "to make a claim", id=Thuc. "to hold an opinion", Dem. ; ἐν τῶι τοιῶιδε ἀξιοῦντι in such a "state of opinion", Thuc.

ἀξιόω, -ῶ (ἄξιος), [in LXX chiefly for בְּעָא, בָּקַשׁ; frequently in Wis.1:1-16, 2 Mac ;] __(a) to deem worthy: with accusative and inf. (see MM, VGT, see word, and cf. κατ-αξιόω), Luk.7:7; id. and genitive of thing(s), 2Th.1:11; pass. with genitive of thing(s), 1Ti.5:17, Heb.3:3 10:29 __(b) to think fit: with inf. (see M, Pr., 205), Act.15:38 28:22.† (AS)