Multiplied

Multiplied - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

MUL'TIPLIED, pp. Increased in numbers.

1. Numerous; often repeated; as multiplied aggressions.

Multiply - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

MUL'TIPLY, v.t. [L. multiplico; multus, many, and plico, to fold or double.]

1. To increase in number; to make more by natural generation or production, or by addition; as, to multiply men, horses or other animals; to multiply evils.

I will multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt. Exo 7.

Impunity will multiply motives to disobedience.

2. In arithmetic, to increase any given number as many times as there are units in any other given number. Thus 7x8=56, that is, 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56.

MUL'TIPLY, v.i. To grow or increase in number.

Be fruitful and multiply. Gen 1.

When men began to multiply on the face of the earth. Gen 6.

1. To increase in extent; to extend; to spread.

The word of God grew and multiplied. Acts 12.

Definition

The term “multiply” means to greatly increase in number. It can also mean to cause something to increase in amount, such as causing pain to multiply.

• God told animals and human beings to “multiply” and fill the earth. This was a command to reproduce many more of their own kind.
• Jesus made the bread and fish multiply in order to feed the 5,000 people. The amount of food kept increasing so that there was more than enough food to feed everyone.
• Depending on the context, this term could also be translated as “increase” or “cause to increase” or “greatly increase in number” or “become greater in number” or “become more numerous.”
• The phrase “greatly multiply your pain” could also be translated as “cause your pain to become more severe” or “cause you to experience much more pain.”
• To “multiply horses” means to “greedily keep acquiring more horses” or to “get large numbers of horses.”

Bible References

• Deuteronomy 8:1
• Genesis 9:7
• Genesis 22:17
• Hosea 4:6-7

Word Data

• Strong’s: H3254, H3527, H6280, H7231, H7233, H7235, H7680, G40520, G41290