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Strong's #370 - ἀνάξιος
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- unworthy, unfit for a thing
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ἀνάξιος (A), ον, also α, ον freq. in Att.:
I of persons,
1. unworthy, not deemed or held worthy; ἀνάξιον σοῦ too good for thee, S. Ph. 1009: also c. inf., ἀ. γὰρ πᾶσίν ἐστε δυστυχεῖν undeserving in the eyes of all to suffer, S. OC 1446; νικᾶν Pl. Prt. 356a.
2. abs., worthless, despicable, Hdt. 7.9, S. Ph. 439, etc.; ἁπερεί τις ἔποικος ἀναξία Id. El. 189 (lyr.). Adv. -ίως Id. Aj. 1392, etc.
3. undeserving of evil, Id. Ant. 694, E. Heracl. 526, Th. 3.59.
II of things,
1. undeserved, ἀνάξια σφέων αὐτῶν πεπονθότες Hdt. 1.73, cf. 114, Lys. 21.25, Pl. Cri. 53e: also abs., ἀνάξια παθεῖν E. IA 852, al., Pl. Tht. 184a. Adv. -ίως, ἐφθάρησαν ἀ. ἑωυτῶν Hdt. 7.10. έ.
2. unworthy, πολλὰ καὶ ἀ. ἐμοῦ Pl. Ap. 38e.
3. worthless, τὸ ἀ. ἀκερδές Id. Hipparch. 231e.
ἀνάξιος (B), ον, (ἄναξ) kingly, royal, Sch. Il. 23.630.
ἀνάξιος, ἀνάξιον (alpha privative and ἄξιος) (from Sophocles down), unworthy (τίνος): unfit for a thing, 1 Corinthians 6:2.
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ἀν -άξιος , -ον
(ἀ - neg., ἄξιος ),
[in LXX: Jeremiah 15:19 א 2 (H2151), Ezra 8:13, Sirach 25:8 *;]
unworthy: c. gen., 1 Corinthians 6:2 (MM, VGT, s.v.).†
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P Strass I. 5.8 (A.D. 262), ἀνάξια [τ ]η ̣̑ς ὑπὸ σοῦ πᾶσιν ήμῖν πρυτανευομένης εἰρή [ν ]ης ὁ πρεσβύτης παθών. Cf. also Aristeas 217 ἠρώτα δέ, πῶς ἂν μηδὲν ἀνάξιον ἑαυτῶν πράσσοιμεν. The word survives in MGr = ";incapable.";
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