What does ἀξίως (axíōs) mean in the Bible?
ἀξίως (axíōs): Conduct oneself in a manner proportionate to one's calling or relationship with God
Greek · G516
ἀξίως
Appropriately
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ἀξίως G516
Pronunciation axíōs
What does ἀξίως (axíōs) mean in the Bible?
ἀξίως (axíōs): Conduct oneself in a manner proportionate to one's calling or relationship with God
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G516?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include in a manner worthy (6).
Where does ἀξίως (axíōs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 16:2. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Thessalonians (1), 3 John (1), Colossians (1), Ephesians (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 in a manner worthy 6× Romans 16:2, Ephesians 4:1, Philippians 1:27, Colossians 1:10
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Romans 16:2 ἀξίως to in a manner worthy Adverb Ephesians 4:1 ἀξίως to in a manner worthy Adverb Philippians 1:27 ἀξίως to in a manner worthy Adverb Colossians 1:10 ἀξίως to in a manner worthy Adverb 1 Thessalonians 2:12 ἀξίως to in a manner worthy Adverb 3 John 1:6 ἀξίως to in a manner worthy Adverb
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 16:2
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 6
Romans 1 Ephesians 1 Philippians 1 Colossians 1 1 Thessalonians 1 3 John 1
Source forms
ἀξίως 6x axiōs Romans 16:2, Ephesians 4:1, Philippians 1:27, Colossians 1:10
Parsing patterns
Adverb 6x Romans 16:2, Ephesians 4:1, Philippians 1:27, Colossians 1:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Conduct oneself in a manner proportionate to one's calling or relationship with God
Strong's G516
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 1 form 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Ephesians 4:1-6 Source Gloss
appropriately
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Conduct oneself in a manner proportionate to one's calling or relationship with God
adv. [in LXX: Wis.7:15 16:1, Sir.14:11 * ;] worthily: Rom.16:2, Eph.4:1, Php.1:27; with genitive (frequently in Inscr.; Deiss., BS, 248; MM, VGT, 51), ἀ. τ. Κυρίου, Col.1:10; τ. θεοῦ 1Th.2:12, 3Jn.6.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 16:2 Adverb
ἀξίως axiwv
worthily, in a manner worthy of
Read verse Ephesians 4:1 Adverb
ἀξίως axiwv
worthily, in a manner worthy of
Read verse Philippians 1:27 Adverb
ἀξίως axiwv
worthily, in a manner worthy of
Read verse Colossians 1:10 Adverb
ἀξίως axiwv
worthily, in a manner worthy of
Read verse 1 Thessalonians 2:12 Adverb
ἀξίως axiwv
worthily, in a manner worthy of
Read verse 3 John 1:6 Adverb
ἀξίως axiwv
worthily, in a manner worthy of
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 6
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Rom 16:2 · Eph 4:1 · Phil 1:27 · Col 1:10 · 1 Thess 2:12 · 3 John 1:6 6×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Living in manner worthy of Christian calling and vocation
Conducting oneself appropriately in gospel manner before opposition
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀξίως is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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