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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #513 - ἀξίνη

Transliteration

axínē

Phonetics

ax-ee'-nay

Root Word (Etymology)

probably from agnumi (to break, cf (G4486))

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

an axe

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1631 ‑ גַּרְזֶן (gar‑zen'); 7134 ‑ קַרְדֹּם (kar‑dome');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

NAS (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

HCS (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

BSB (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

ESV (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

WEB (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

KJV (2)

axe 2

NAS (2)

axe 2

HCS (2)

ax 2

BSB (2)

ESV (2)

axe 2

WEB (2)

axe 1

the axe 1

RAH

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 2

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

ANT

N-NSF 2

BEZ

N-NSF 2

BGB

N-NFS 2

BMT

N-NSF 2

BYZ

N-NSF 2

ELZ

N-NSF 2

NA26

N-NSF 2

SBL

N-NSF 2

SCV

N-NSF 2

STV

N-NSF 2

TIS

N-NSF 2

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀξῑν-η, ἡ,

1. axe-head, ἀξίνην ἐΰχαλκον ἐλαΐνῳ ἀμφὶ πελέκκῳ Il. 13.612.

2. battle-axe (expl. as δίστομος πέλεκυς by Hsch.), ib. 15.711, cf. Hdt. 7.64.

3. axe for hewing wood, X. An. 1.5.12, Matthew 3:10, Luke 3:9. (Cf. Goth. aqizi, O E. æx, Lat. ascia (fr. *acsia).)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἀξίνη, ἀξινης, ἡ ((perhaps from) ἄγνυμι, future ἄξω, to break), an axe: Luke 3:9; Matthew 3:10. (As old as Homer and Herodotus.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

αξίνη , -ης , ἡ ,

[in LXX for H1631, H7134;]

an axe: Matthew 3:10, Luke 3:9.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Magd 8.6 (B.C. 218) δρέπανον θεριστικὸν οὗ τιμὴ (δραχμὰς) β ̄, ἀξίνη (δραχμὰς) β ̄. Herwerden s.v. κλῄς recalls the proverbial saying—τῇ κλειδὶ τὰ ξύλα σχίζειν, τῇ δ᾽ ἀξίνῃ τὴν θύραν ἀνοίγειν (Plut. Mor. 43 C). Cf. MGr ἀξινάρι.

List of Word Forms

αξίναις αξινη αξίνη ἀξίνη αξίνην αξιόπιστος αξιοπιστότερα axine axinē axíne axínē