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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)
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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 - And 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 Box Gen 1:28

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:16 - To the woman He said:

“I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
In pain you shall bring forth children;
Your desire shall be for your husband,
And he shall rule over you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:5 - Then the LORD[fn] saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:17 - Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:18 - The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters.

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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 cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:1 - So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:7 - And as for you, be fruitful and multiply;
Bring forth abundantly in the earth
And multiply in it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:10 - Then the Angel of the LORD said to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:2 - “And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - “And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:20 - And the LORD said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - “blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:4 - “And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:24

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 descendants for My servant Abraham’s sake.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:3 - “May God Almighty bless you,
And make you fruitful and multiply you,
That you may be an assembly of peoples;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:12 - “Ask me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according to what you say to me; but give me the young woman as a wife.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:11 - Also God said to him: “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:12 - Now in the process of time the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27 - So Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions there and grew and multiplied exceedingly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:4 - “and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people, and give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:16 - The Angel who has redeemed me from all evil,
Bless the lads;
Let my name be named upon them,
And the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
And let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:7 - But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:10 - “come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so go up out of the land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:20 - Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very mighty.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:9 - But the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not heed you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:16 - ‘According to the multitude of years you shall increase its price, and according to the fewer number of years you shall diminish its price; for he sells to you according to the number of the years of the crops.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:9 - ‘For I will look on you favorably and make you fruitful, multiply you and confirm My covenant with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:54 - ‘And you shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance; there everyone’s inheritance shall be whatever falls to him by lot. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:10 - ‘The LORD your God has multiplied you, and here you are today, as the stars of heaven in multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:3 - “Therefore hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you may multiply greatly as the LORD God of your fathers has promised you—‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13 - “And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:22 - “And the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you little by little; you will be unable to destroy them at once, lest the beasts of the field 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 multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - “So none of the accursed things shall remain in your hand, that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of His anger and show you mercy, have compassion on you and multiply you, just as He swore to your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:16 - “But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the LORD has said to you, ‘You shall not return that way again.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:17 - “Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11 - “And the LORD will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:63

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:63 - “And it shall be, that just as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good and multiply you, so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you and bring you to nothing; and you shall be plucked from off the land which you go to possess.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:3 - ‘Then I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants and gave him Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:29

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:24 - When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said:

“Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy,
The destroyer of our land,
And the one who multiplied our dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:12 - And it happened, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli watched her mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:2 - So it was that the ark remained in Kirjath Jearim a long time; it was there twenty years. And all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:19 - Now it happened, while Saul talked to the priest, that the noise which was in the camp of the Philistines continued to increase; so Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:11 - Then she said, “Please let the king remember the LORD your God, and do not permit the avenger of blood to destroy anymore, lest they 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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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:36 - “You have also given me the shield of Your salvation;
Your gentleness has made me great.

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