Lexicon :: Strong's G837 - auxanō

“And why do you worry about clothes? Observe how the wildflowers of the field grow: They don’t labor or spin thread.

“It’s the smallest of all the seeds, but when grown, it’s taller than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”

“Still other seed fell on good ground and it grew up, producing fruit that increased thirty, sixty, and a hundred times.”

The child grew up and became strong in spirit,[fn] and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

The boy grew up and became strong, filled with wisdom, and God’s grace was on him.

“Consider how the wildflowers grow: They don’t labor or spin thread. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these.

“It’s like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”

“He must increase, but I must decrease.”

So the word of God spread, the disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly in number, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.

“As the time was approaching to fulfill the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people flourished and multiplied in Egypt

But the word of God spread and multiplied.

In this way the word of the Lord spread and prevailed.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

Now the one who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will also provide and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

We are not boasting beyond measure about other people’s labors. On the contrary, we have the hope that as your faith increases, our area of ministry will be greatly enlarged,

In him the whole building, being put together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into him who is the head ​— ​Christ.

that has come to you. It is bearing fruit and growing all over the world, just as it has among you since the day you heard it and came to truly appreciate God’s grace.[fn]

so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God,

They don’t hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, grows with growth from God.

Like newborn infants, desire the pure milk of the word,[fn] so that by it you may grow up into your salvation,

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity.[fn]