Lexicon :: Strong's G837 - auxanō

God blessed them: “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”

God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.”

“Bring out all the living creatures that are with you ​— ​birds, livestock, those that crawl on the earth ​— ​and they will spread over the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”

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

“But you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out over the earth and multiply on it.”

“I will make you extremely fruitful and will make nations and kings come from you.

“As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will certainly bless him; I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly. He will father twelve tribal leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.

The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

God was with the boy, and he grew; he settled in the wilderness and became an archer.

When the boys grew up, Esau became an expert hunter, an outdoorsman,[fn] but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.[fn]

He moved from there and dug another, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth[fn] and said, “For now the LORD has made space for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

“May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you so that you become an assembly of peoples.

“For you had very little before I came, but now your wealth has increased. The LORD has blessed you because of me. And now, when will I also do something for my own family? ”

God also said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation, indeed an assembly of nations, will come from you, and kings will descend from you.[fn]

And the second son he named Ephraim[fn] and said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property in it and became fruitful and very numerous.

“He said to me, ‘I will make you fruitful and numerous; I will make many nations come from you, and I will give this land as a permanent possession to your future descendants.’

“Joseph is a fruitful vine,

a fruitful vine beside a spring;

its branches[fn] climb over the wall.[fn]

But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous so that the land was filled with them.

“I will drive them out little by little ahead of you until you have become numerous[fn] and take possession of the land.

“I will turn to you, make you fruitful and multiply you, and confirm my covenant with you.

Water will flow from his buckets,

and his seed will be by abundant water.

His king will be greater than Agag,

and his kingdom will be exalted.

On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they revered him throughout his life, as they had revered Moses.

So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.

Then David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and that his kingdom had been exalted for the sake of his people Israel.

“ever since the day I ordered judges to be over my people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies.

“ ‘Furthermore, I declare to you that the LORD himself will build a house for you.

Eliezer’s sons were Rehabiah, first; Eliezer did not have any other sons, but Rehabiah’s sons were very numerous.

Rehoboam also showed discernment by dispersing some of his sons to all the regions of Judah and Benjamin and to all the fortified cities. He gave them plenty of provisions and sought many wives for them.

After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and doubled his previous possessions.

The LORD[fn] made his people very fruitful;

he made them more numerous than their foes,

For as the earth produces its growth,

and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,

so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise

to spring up before all the nations.

“When you multiply and increase in the land, in those days ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​no one will say again, “The ark of the LORD’s covenant.” It will never come to mind, and no one will remember or miss it. Another one will not be made.[fn]

This is what the LORD says:

Record this man as childless,

a man who will not be successful in his lifetime.

None of his descendants will succeed

in sitting on the throne of David

or ruling again in Judah.

“I will gather the remnant of my flock from all the lands where I have banished them, and I will return them to their grazing land. They will become fruitful and numerous.