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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 28 times in 23 verses in 'Gen' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:22

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 BoxGen 1:28

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:16 - To the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:17 - The flood continued forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:18 - The waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark floated on the face of the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:17 - Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh--birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth--that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:1 - And 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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:7 - And you, be fruitful and multiply, bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply in it."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:10 - The angel of the LORD also said to her, "I will so greatly multiply your descendants that they cannot be numbered for multitude."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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 BoxGen 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - As for Ish'mael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him and make him fruitful and multiply him exceedingly; he shall be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:20 - Then the LORD said, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomor'rah is great and their sin is very grave,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - I will indeed bless you, and I will multiply your descendants as the stars of 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 BoxGen 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:4 - I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24 - And the LORD appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father; fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your descendants for my servant Abraham's sake."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:3 - God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:12 - Ask of me ever so much as marriage present and gift, and I will give according as you say to me; only give me the maiden to be my wife."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:11 - And God said to him, "I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall spring from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:12 - In course of time the wife of Judah, Shua's daughter, died; and when Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27 - Thus Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:4

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 company of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:16 - the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and in them let my name be perpetuated, 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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