Strong G837αὐξάνω
to grow
- Transliteration
- auxanō
- Pronunciation
- owx-an'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A prolonged form of a primary verb; to grow (wax) that is enlarge (literally or figuratively actively or passively): - grow (up) (give the) increase.
Detailed definition
αὐξάνω
(and the earlier form αὔξω, Eph.2:21, Col.2:19; MM, see word), [in LXX chiefly for פָּרָה;]
1. trans., to make to grow: 1Co.3:6-7, 2Co.9:10. Pass., to grow, increase, become greater: Mat.13:32, Mrk.4:8, 2Co.10:15, Col.1:6; τῇ ἐπιγνώσει τ. θεοῦ, Col.1:10; εἰς σωτηρίαν, 1Pe.2:2.
2. In later Gk. (but nowhere in LXX), intrans., to grow, increase: of plants, Mat.6:28, Luk.12:27 13:19; of infants, Luk.1:80 2:40; of a multitude, Act.7:17; of the increase of the Gospel: ὁ λόγος ηὔξανε, Act.6:7 12:24 19:20; of Christ as a leader, Jhn.3:30; of Christian character: εἰς Χριοτόν, Eph.4:15; εἰς ναόν, Eph.2:21; ἐν χάριτι, 2Pe.3:18; τὴν αὔξησιν τ. θεσῦ, Col.2:19 (cf. συν, ὑπερ-αυξάνω).†
(AS)
(and the earlier form αὔξω, Eph.2:21, Col.2:19; MM, see word), [in LXX chiefly for פָּרָה;]
1. trans., to make to grow: 1Co.3:6-7, 2Co.9:10. Pass., to grow, increase, become greater: Mat.13:32, Mrk.4:8, 2Co.10:15, Col.1:6; τῇ ἐπιγνώσει τ. θεοῦ, Col.1:10; εἰς σωτηρίαν, 1Pe.2:2.
2. In later Gk. (but nowhere in LXX), intrans., to grow, increase: of plants, Mat.6:28, Luk.12:27 13:19; of infants, Luk.1:80 2:40; of a multitude, Act.7:17; of the increase of the Gospel: ὁ λόγος ηὔξανε, Act.6:7 12:24 19:20; of Christ as a leader, Jhn.3:30; of Christian character: εἰς Χριοτόν, Eph.4:15; εἰς ναόν, Eph.2:21; ἐν χάριτι, 2Pe.3:18; τὴν αὔξησιν τ. θεσῦ, Col.2:19 (cf. συν, ὑπερ-αυξάνω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G837 appears in 22 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- grow12
- increase7
- give1
- groweth1
- increaseth1
First verses
- Matthew 6:28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
- Matthew 13:32Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
- Mark 4:8And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
- Luke 1:80And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
- Luke 2:40And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
- Luke 12:27Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
- Luke 13:19It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
- John 3:30He must increase, but I must decrease.
- Acts 6:7And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
- Acts 7:17But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
- Acts 12:24But the word of God grew and multiplied.
- Acts 19:20So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
- 1 Corinthians 3:6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
- 1 Corinthians 3:7So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
- 2 Corinthians 9:10Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
- 2 Corinthians 10:15Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
- Ephesians 2:21In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
- Ephesians 4:15But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
- Colossians 1:10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
- Colossians 2:19And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
αὐξάνω
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 153, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16.ά, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 756, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 233, “fragment” 362.28, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 41d)]:—also αὔξω (poetry ἀέξω, which see) [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 823, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 5.4, 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 37, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 117 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 227, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 7.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 573a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.26, etc.)] (so Attic dialect Inscrr. and Ptolemaic Papyrus; both forms in NT) imperfect ηὔξανον only Ps.-[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1132.25)]; ηὖξον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.31, etc.)]: future αὐξήσω[LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.40, etc. (αὐξανῶ only in LXX.Gen.17.6, +others))]: aorist I ηὔξησα[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 11, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.24)]: perfect ηὔξηκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 90b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 2.15)]:—passive, αὐξάνομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.14, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 918, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1065, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.104, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 96c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.161; αὔξομαι 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 26.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 227, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 328d, etc.)], imperfect ηὔξετο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 493, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.39 (variant{αὔξετο}))]: perfect ηὔξημαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1248, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 371e)], Ionic dialect αὔξ-[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.58)]: pluperfect ηὔξητο[Refs ([prev. author] 5.78)]: aorist ηὐξήθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.89, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 327c)]: future αὐξηθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.48; αὐξήσομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 497a)]:—increase, not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only ἀέξω), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 153, etc.; ὕβριν αὐ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16. ; ὄλβον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 756)]; opposed to ἰσχναίνειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 293b; εἰς ἄπειρον αὐ. τι [prev. author] “Lg.” 910b; ἐπὶ τὸ ἔσχατον [prev. author] “R.” 573a; ἐπὶ πλεῖον ηὖξον τὴν μαγειρικὴν τέχνην 3rd c.BC: Athenio Comicus 1.16, etc.)]
2 increase in power, strengthen, αὐ. τὰ Ἑλλήνων increase their power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.30; νόμοισιν αὐ. πόλιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 191, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.7.2)]; exalt by one's deeds, glorify, πόλιν, πάτραν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 5.4, “P.” 8.38, compare “IG” 22.834, etc.)]; exalt by praise, extol, ἐπαινεῖν καὶ αὔξειν τινά[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 206a)]; σέ γε.. καὶ τροφὸν καὶ ματέρ᾽ αὔξειν honour thee as.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1092 (Lyric poetry))]; of an orator, amplify, exaggerate, αὔξειν καὶ μειοῦν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1403a17.)]
3 with an adjective, τρέφειν καὶ αὐ. τινὰ μέγαν bring up to manhood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 565c; μείζω πόλιν αὐ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 572 (Lyric poetry); τὸν ὄγκον.. ἄπειρον αὐξήσει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 591d.)]
4 αὔξειν ἔμπυρα to sacrifice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).62)]; compare ἀέξω.
5 in Logic, ={καταπυκνόω} (which see), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 79a30, +others)]; but ὁ αὐξόμενος λόγος, name of a fallacy, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 23, 2.559b.)]
II passive, grow, increase, in size, number, strength, power, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 493, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.93, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.5, etc.)]; αὐ. ἐς πλῆθος, ἐς ὕψος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.58, 2.14)]; of a child, grow up, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.92)].; ἐν γὰρ τοῖς πόνοισιν αὔξεται, of Theseus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 323)]; ηὐξανόμην ἀκούων I grew taller as I heard, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 638)]; of the wind, rise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.188; ηὔξηται ἡ πόλις ὥστ᾽ εἶναι τελέα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 371e.)]
II.2 with an adjective, αὔξεσθαι μέγας wax great, grow up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 183; αὐ. μείζων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 338, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 681a; αὐ. ἐλλόγιμος [prev. author] “Prt.” 327c; μέγας ἐκ μικροῦ.. ηὔξηται 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.21.)]
III later, active intransitive, like passive, ἡ σελήνη αὐξάνει[NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 78b6, compare “HA” 620a21, Aristeas 208, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.64, NT.Col.2.19, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator Chr. 4.128, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 48.52, etc.)]
IV of Verbs, take the augment, both active and passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus “Epim.” 280)]; αὔξουσα (i.e. συλλαβή), ἡ, augment, [Refs ([prev. passage] (Cf. ἀέξω.))]
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 153, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16.ά, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 756, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 233, “fragment” 362.28, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 41d)]:—also αὔξω (poetry ἀέξω, which see) [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 823, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 5.4, 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 37, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 117 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 227, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 7.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 573a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.26, etc.)] (so Attic dialect Inscrr. and Ptolemaic Papyrus; both forms in NT) imperfect ηὔξανον only Ps.-[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1132.25)]; ηὖξον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.31, etc.)]: future αὐξήσω[LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.40, etc. (αὐξανῶ only in LXX.Gen.17.6, +others))]: aorist I ηὔξησα[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 11, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.24)]: perfect ηὔξηκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 90b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 2.15)]:—passive, αὐξάνομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.14, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 918, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1065, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.104, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 96c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.161; αὔξομαι 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 26.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 227, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 328d, etc.)], imperfect ηὔξετο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 493, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.39 (variant{αὔξετο}))]: perfect ηὔξημαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1248, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 371e)], Ionic dialect αὔξ-[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.58)]: pluperfect ηὔξητο[Refs ([prev. author] 5.78)]: aorist ηὐξήθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.89, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 327c)]: future αὐξηθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.48; αὐξήσομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 497a)]:—increase, not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only ἀέξω), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 153, etc.; ὕβριν αὐ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16. ; ὄλβον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 756)]; opposed to ἰσχναίνειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 293b; εἰς ἄπειρον αὐ. τι [prev. author] “Lg.” 910b; ἐπὶ τὸ ἔσχατον [prev. author] “R.” 573a; ἐπὶ πλεῖον ηὖξον τὴν μαγειρικὴν τέχνην 3rd c.BC: Athenio Comicus 1.16, etc.)]
2 increase in power, strengthen, αὐ. τὰ Ἑλλήνων increase their power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.30; νόμοισιν αὐ. πόλιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 191, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.7.2)]; exalt by one's deeds, glorify, πόλιν, πάτραν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 5.4, “P.” 8.38, compare “IG” 22.834, etc.)]; exalt by praise, extol, ἐπαινεῖν καὶ αὔξειν τινά[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 206a)]; σέ γε.. καὶ τροφὸν καὶ ματέρ᾽ αὔξειν honour thee as.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1092 (Lyric poetry))]; of an orator, amplify, exaggerate, αὔξειν καὶ μειοῦν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1403a17.)]
3 with an adjective, τρέφειν καὶ αὐ. τινὰ μέγαν bring up to manhood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 565c; μείζω πόλιν αὐ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 572 (Lyric poetry); τὸν ὄγκον.. ἄπειρον αὐξήσει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 591d.)]
4 αὔξειν ἔμπυρα to sacrifice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).62)]; compare ἀέξω.
5 in Logic, ={καταπυκνόω} (which see), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 79a30, +others)]; but ὁ αὐξόμενος λόγος, name of a fallacy, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 23, 2.559b.)]
II passive, grow, increase, in size, number, strength, power, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 493, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.93, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.5, etc.)]; αὐ. ἐς πλῆθος, ἐς ὕψος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.58, 2.14)]; of a child, grow up, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.92)].; ἐν γὰρ τοῖς πόνοισιν αὔξεται, of Theseus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 323)]; ηὐξανόμην ἀκούων I grew taller as I heard, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 638)]; of the wind, rise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.188; ηὔξηται ἡ πόλις ὥστ᾽ εἶναι τελέα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 371e.)]
II.2 with an adjective, αὔξεσθαι μέγας wax great, grow up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 183; αὐ. μείζων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 338, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 681a; αὐ. ἐλλόγιμος [prev. author] “Prt.” 327c; μέγας ἐκ μικροῦ.. ηὔξηται 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.21.)]
III later, active intransitive, like passive, ἡ σελήνη αὐξάνει[NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 78b6, compare “HA” 620a21, Aristeas 208, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.64, NT.Col.2.19, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator Chr. 4.128, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 48.52, etc.)]
IV of Verbs, take the augment, both active and passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus “Epim.” 280)]; αὔξουσα (i.e. συλλαβή), ἡ, augment, [Refs ([prev. passage] (Cf. ἀέξω.))]