Definition

to deem entitled or fit

Etymology

from G514 (ἄξιος);

Word family

• ἄξιος áxios

How the KJV renders it

• desire
• think good
• count (think) worthy

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.