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Lexicon :: Strong's G4129 - plēthynō

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πληθύνω
Transliteration
plēthynō (Key)
Pronunciation
play-thoo'-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From another form of πλῆθος (G4128)
mGNT
12x in 8 unique form(s) TR
12x in 9 unique form(s) LXX
161x in 43 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:279,866

Strong’s Definitions

πληθύνω plēthýnō, play-thoo'-no; from another form of G4128; to increase (transitively or intransitively):—abound, multiply.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G4129 in the following manner: multiply (11x), abound (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G4129 in the following manner: multiply (11x), abound (1x).

  1. to increase, to multiply

    1. to be increased, (be multiplied) multiply

  2. to be increased, to multiply

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πληθύνω plēthýnō, play-thoo'-no; from another form of G4128; to increase (transitively or intransitively):—abound, multiply.
STRONGS G4129:
πληθύνω; future πληθύνω; 1 aorist optative 3 person singular πληθῦναι (2 Corinthians 9:10 Rec.); passive, imperfect ἐπληθυνομην; 1 aorist ἐπληθυνθην; (from πληθύς fullness); Aeschyl, Aristotle, Herodian, Geoponica; the Sept. very often for רָבָה, רִבָּה, הִרְבָּה, sometimes for רָבַב;
1. transitive, to increase, to multiply: 2 Corinthians 9:10; Hebrews 6:14 (from Genesis 22:17); passive, to be increased (be multiplied) multiply: Matthew 24:12; Acts 6:7; Acts 7:17; Acts 9:31; Acts 12:24; τίνι (A. V. be multiplied to one i. e.) be richly allotted to, 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Peter 1:2; Jude 1:2 (Daniel 3:31 (Daniel 3:98); Daniel 6:25, Theod.; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 1 inscr. (also Martyr. Polycarp, inscr., Apostolic Constitutions, inscr.)).
2. intransitive, to be increased, to multiply: Acts 6:1.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
22:17
Daniel
6:25
Matthew
24:12
Acts
6:1; 6:7; 7:17; 9:31; 12:24
2 Corinthians
9:10; 9:10
Hebrews
6:14
1 Peter
1:2
2 Peter
1:2
Jude
1:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4129 matches the Greek πληθύνω (plēthynō),
which occurs 161 times in 148 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 1:22–2Sa 22:36)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:22 - God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:28 - God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that [fn]moves on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:16 -

To the woman He said,

“I will greatly multiply

Your pain [fn]in childbirth,

In pain you shall deliver children;

Yet your desire will be for your husband,

And he shall rule over you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:5 -

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of mankind was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of [fn]their hearts was only evil continually.

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Then the flood [fn]came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:18 - The water prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark [fn]floated on the [fn]surface of the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:17 - “Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and every crawling thing that crawls on the earth, that they may [fn]breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:1 -

Then God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:7 -

“As for you, be fruitful and multiply;

[fn]Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:10 - The angel of the LORD also said to her, “I will greatly multiply your [fn]descendants so that [fn]they will be too many to count.”

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“I will [fn]make My covenant between Me and you,

And I will multiply you exceedingly.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - “As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him, and make him fruitful and multiply him exceedingly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:20 - And the LORD said, “The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your [fn]seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand, which is on the seashore; and your [fn]seed shall possess the gate of [fn]their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:4 - “I will multiply your [fn]descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your [fn]descendants all these lands; and by your [fn]descendants all the nations of the earth [fn]shall be blessed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24 - And the LORD appeared to him the same night and said,

“I am the God of your father Abraham;

Do not fear, for I am with you.

I will bless you and multiply your [fn]descendants,

For the sake of My servant Abraham.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:3 - “May [fn]God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a multitude of peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:12 - “Demand of me ever so much bridal payment and gift, and I will give whatever you tell me; but give me the girl [fn]in marriage.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:11 - God also said to him,

“I am [fn]God Almighty;

Be fruitful and multiply;

A nation and a multitude of nations shall [fn]come from you,

And kings shall [fn]come from [fn]you.

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Now [fn]after a considerable time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and when [fn]the time of mourning was ended, Judah went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

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Now Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in [fn]Goshen, and they acquired property in it and were fruitful and became very numerous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:4 - and He said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your [fn]descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’

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The angel who has redeemed me from all evil,

Bless the boys;

And may my name [fn]live on in them,

And the [fn]names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;

And may they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:7 - But the sons of Israel were fruitful and [fn]increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly [fn]mighty, so that the land was filled with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:10 - “Come, let us deal [fn]shrewdly with them, otherwise they will multiply, and [fn]in the event of war, they will also join those who hate us, and fight against us and [fn]depart from the land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:20 - So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and became very [fn]mighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:3 - “But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, so that I may multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.

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Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders will be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:16 - ‘In proportion to [fn]a greater number of years you shall increase its price, and in proportion to [fn]fewer years you shall decrease its price, because it is the number of crops that he is selling to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:9 - ‘So I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will confirm My covenant with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:54 - ‘You shall maintain the land as an inheritance by lot according to your families; to the larger you shall give more inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give less inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to anyone, that shall be his. You shall pass on land as an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:10 - ‘The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:3 - “Now Israel, you shall listen and be careful to do them, so that it may go well for you and that you may increase greatly, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has [fn]promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13 - “And He will love you, bless you, and make you numerous; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain, your new wine, and your oil, the newborn of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, [fn]in the land which He swore to your forefathers to give you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:22 - “And the LORD your God will drive away these nations from you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to them quickly, otherwise the [fn]wild animals would become too numerous for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:13 - and when your herds and your flocks increase, and your silver and gold increase, and everything that you have increases,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - “Nothing at all from what is designated for destruction is to cling to your hand, in order that the LORD may turn from His burning anger and show mercy to you, and have compassion on you and make you increase, just as He has sworn to your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:16 - “In any case, he is not to acquire many horses for himself, nor shall he make the people return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the LORD has said to you, ‘You shall never again return that way.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:17 - “And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, so that his heart does not turn away; nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11 - “And the LORD will give you more than enough prosperity, in the [fn]children of your womb, in the [fn]offspring of your livestock, and in the [fn]produce of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:63 - “And it will come about that, just as the LORD rejoiced over you to be good to you, and make you numerous, so will the LORD rejoice over you to wipe you out and destroy you; and you will be torn away from the land which you are entering to possess.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:3 - ‘Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates River and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his [fn]descendants and gave him Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:29 - “[fn]If only this people were under my authority! Then I would do away with Abimelech.” And he said to Abimelech, “Enlarge your army and come out!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:24 -

When the people saw him, they praised their god, for they said,

“Our god has handed our enemy over to us,

Even the destroyer of our country,

Who has killed many of us.”

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Now it came about, as she [fn]continued praying before the LORD, that Eli was watching her mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:2 - From the day that the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim, the [fn]time was long, for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel [fn]mourned after the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:19 - While Saul talked to the priest, the commotion in the camp of the Philistines continued and increased; so Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10 - But Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are each breaking away from his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:11 - Then she said, “May the king please remember the LORD your God, so that the avenger of blood will not continue to destroy, otherwise they will destroy my son.” And he said, “As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”

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“You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,

And Your [fn]help makes me great.


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