Strong G838αὔξησις
growth
- Transliteration
- auxēsis
- Pronunciation
- owx'-ay-sis
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G837; growth: - increase.
Detailed definition
αὔξησις, -εως, ἡ
(αὔξω), [in LXX: 2Ma.5:16 *;]
increase, growth: Eph.4:16, Col.2:19.†
(AS)
(αὔξω), [in LXX: 2Ma.5:16 *;]
increase, growth: Eph.4:16, Col.2:19.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G838 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- increase2
First verses
- Ephesians 4:16From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
- 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
αὔξ-ησις, εως, ἡ,
growth, increase, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 6; τῶν ἐχθρῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.69, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tiberius Gracchus” 13; κατὰ τὸ ποσόν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1069b11)]; of the Delta, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.13: in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus)], increments, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 546b)]; multiplications, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 2.7.)]
2 amplification, in Rhet., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1368a27, 1413b34; μετ᾽ αὐξήσεως ἐξαγγέλλειν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.27.8, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 19 (_plural_).)]
3 Grammars, the augment, [Refs (EM 338.47.)]
growth, increase, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 6; τῶν ἐχθρῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.69, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tiberius Gracchus” 13; κατὰ τὸ ποσόν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1069b11)]; of the Delta, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.13: in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus)], increments, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 546b)]; multiplications, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 2.7.)]
2 amplification, in Rhet., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1368a27, 1413b34; μετ᾽ αὐξήσεως ἐξαγγέλλειν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.27.8, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 19 (_plural_).)]
3 Grammars, the augment, [Refs (EM 338.47.)]