axine is the cutting implement placed at the roots of trees in a warning of fruitless trees being cut down.

The term denotes the cutting implement positioned at the roots of trees in the warning that trees failing to produce good fruit are cut down and thrown into fire.

1. Cutting implement at the trees’ roots · dominant

   In Luke 3:9 and Matthew 3:10, the nominative singular feminine form stands in the clause describing an implement laid at the root of the trees. In Luke 3:9 the APB renders the scene, "the axe is laid to the root of the trees," followed by the cutting down of every tree that does not bear good fruit; Matthew 3:10 presents the same relation.

   Luke 3:9Matthew 3:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Luke 3:9 and Matthew 3:10, the APB presents the term as "the axe" lying or being laid at the trees’ roots. The verse is read as a whole, but both clauses depict the same implement in relation to the threatened cutting down of unfruitful trees.