"to consider worthy of, Lk. 20:35; Acts 5:41; 2 Thess. 1:5*"
Definition and meaning
to consider worthy of, Lk. 20:35; Acts 5:41; 2 Thess. 1:5*
In the original Greek the word is written: καταξιόω
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of kataxioo (G2661) across the King James Bible.
But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
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Common questions
Strong's G2661 (kataxioo) is a Greek word that means: to consider worthy of, Lk. 20:35; Acts 5:41; 2 Thess. 1:5* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word kataxioo (G2661) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2661 is kataxioo, a Greek word defined as: to consider worthy of, Lk. 20:35; Acts 5:41; 2 Thess. 1:5*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
kataxioo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.