Axios means “as becometh” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H516 — altashcheth in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G516 ἀξίως (axios) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. axios (ax-ee'-oce) adv. 1. appropriately [adverb from G514] It has 9 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include becometh and after. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
axios (ax-ee'-oce) adv. 1. appropriately [adverb from G514] KJV: as becometh, after a godly sort, worthily(-thy) Root(s): G514
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G516. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
appropriately
Usage: ἀξίως, 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.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render axios, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G516 (ἀξίως) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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6 indexed usages in New Testament.
That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
God hath granted me to speak as I would, And to conceive as is meet for the things that are given me: Because it is he that leadeth unto wisdom, And directeth the wise.
Therefore by the like were they punished worthily, And by the multitude of beasts tormented.
My son, according to thy ability do good to thyself, And give the Lord his due offering.
First 9 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G516.
That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:
God hath granted me to speak as I would, And to conceive as is meet for the things that are given me: Because it is he that leadeth unto wisdom, And directeth the wise.
Therefore by the like were they punished worthily, And by the multitude of beasts tormented.
My son, according to thy ability do good to thyself, And give the Lord his due offering.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G516, grouped by book.
Axios (Strong's G516) is a Greek word most simply glossed "as becometh". axios (ax-ee'-oce) adv. 1. appropriately [adverb from G514]
This page currently indexes 9 linked usages for Strong's G516 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G516 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as becometh and after. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G516, with linked reader references where each row is available.
