What does καταξιόω (kataxióō) mean in the Bible?
καταξιόω (kataxióō): To regard someone as worthy of receiving something; divine judgment of deserving.
Greek · G2661
καταξιόω
To deem entirely deserving
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καταξιόω G2661
Pronunciation kataxióō
What does καταξιόω (kataxióō) mean in the Bible?
καταξιόω (kataxióō): To regard someone as worthy of receiving something; divine judgment of deserving.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2661?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include considered worthy (1), they had been counted worthy (1), will be counted worthy (1).
Where does καταξιόω (kataxióō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 20:35. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Thessalonians (1), Acts (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It considered worthy 1× Luke 20:35
they had been counted worthy 1× Acts 5:41
will be counted worthy 1× 2 Thessalonians 1:5
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 20:35 καταξιωθέντες to considered worthy Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 5:41 κατηξιώθησαν to they had been counted worthy Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural 2 Thessalonians 1:5 καταξιωθῆναι to will be counted worthy Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 20:35
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Luke 1 Acts 1 2 Thessalonians 1
Source forms
καταξιωθέντες 1x kataxiōthentes Luke 20:35
καταξιωθῆναι 1x kataxiōthēnai 2 Thessalonians 1:5
κατηξιώθησαν 1x katēxiōthēsan Acts 5:41
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural 1x Acts 5:41
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive 1x 2 Thessalonians 1:5
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 20:35
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To regard someone as worthy of receiving something; divine judgment of deserving.
Strong's G2661
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to deem entirely deserving
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 20:35 Verb Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
καταξιωθέντες kataxiwqentev
I deem worthy
Read verse Luke 21:36 Verb Second Person Plural Aorist Passive Subjunctive
καταξιωθῆτε kataxiwqhte
I deem worthy
Read verse Acts 5:41 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Passive Indicative
κατηξιώθησαν kathxiwqhsan
I deem worthy
Read verse 2 Thessalonians 1:5 Verb Aorist Passive Infinitive
καταξιωθῆναι kataxiwqhnai
I deem worthy
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Aorist Voices Passive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Aorist Passive Luke 20:35 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Aorist Passive Acts 5:41 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Aorist Passive 2 Thess 1:5 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 3
Voice
passive 3
Mood
infinitive 1 indicative 1 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 20:27–40 καταξιωθέντες kataxióō
Having been considered worthy
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
καταξιόω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain