Dictionaries :: Unworthily, Unworthy

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Unworthily, Unworthy:

is used in 1Cr 11:27, of partaking of the Lord's Supper "unworthily," i.e., treating it as a common meal, the bread and cup as common things, not apprehending their solemn symbolic import. In the best texts the word is not found in ver. 29 (see RV).

Unworthily, Unworthy:

a, negative, n, euphonic, axios, "worthy," is used in 1Cr 6:2. In modern Greek it signifies "incapable."

Note: In Act 13:46, "unworthy" represents the adjective axios, preceeded by the negative ouk.