Words the Bible translates as deserving

English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.

axiosἄξιοςworthy: weighing as much as something else, and so deserving it, fitting it, or matching it in value
enochosἔνοχοςheld fast in the wrong so that punishment can follow: answerable to a court, deserving of a sentence, or guilty in relation to what has been violated
+1 more meaning
- held fast by something and unable to get out from under it: in its grip

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