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Lexicon :: Strong's G837 - auxanō

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αὐξάνω
Transliteration
auxanō (Key)
Pronunciation
owx-an'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A prolonged form of a primary verb
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:517,*

Strong’s Definitions

αὐξάνω auxánō, owx-an'-o; a prolonged form of a primary verb; to grow ("wax"), i.e. enlarge (literal or figurative, active or passive):—grow (up), (give the) increase.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's G837 in the following manner: grow (12x), increase (7x), give the increase (2x), grow up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's G837 in the following manner: grow (12x), increase (7x), give the increase (2x), grow up (1x).

  1. to cause to grow, augment

  2. to increase, become greater

  3. to grow, increase

    1. of plants

    2. of infants

    3. of a multitude of people

    4. of inward Christian growth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
αὐξάνω auxánō, owx-an'-o; a prolonged form of a primary verb; to grow ("wax"), i.e. enlarge (literal or figurative, active or passive):—grow (up), (give the) increase.
STRONGS G837:
αὐξάνω, and earlier (the only form in Pindar and Sophocles [Veitch, under the word says, 'Hesiod, Mimnermus, Sophocles, Thucydides always have αὔξω or ἀύξομαι, and Pindar except ἀυξάνοι from 130 (Bergk)']) αὔξω (Ephesians 2:21; Colossians 2:19); imperfect ηὔξανον; future αὐξήσω; 1 aorist ηὔξησα; [passive, present αὐξάνομαι]; 1 aorist,
1. transitive, to cause to grow, to augment: 1 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 9:10. Passive to grow, increase, become greater: Matthew 13:32; Mark 4:8 L T Tr WH; 2 Corinthians 10:15; Colossians 1:6 [not Rec.]; εἰς τὴν ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ Θεοῦ unto the knowledge of God, Colossians 1:10 (G L T Tr WH τῇ ἐπιγνώσει τοῦ θεοῦ); εἰς σωτηρίαν [not Rec.] to the attaining of salvation, 1 Peter 2:2.
2. according to later usage (from Aristotle, an. post. 1, 13, p. 78b, 6, etc., down; but nowhere in the Sept. [cf. Buttmann, 54 (47); 145 (127); Winers Grammar, § 38, 1]) intransitive, to grow, increase: of plants, Matthew 6:28; Mark 4:8 Rec.; Luke 12:27 [not Tdf.; Tr marginal reading brackets αὐξ.]; Luke 13:19; of infants, Luke 1:80; Luke 2:40; of a multitude of people, Acts 7:17. of inward Christian growth: εἰς Χριστόν, in reference to [Winer's Grammar, 397 (371); yet cf. Ellicott at the passage] Christ, Ephesians 4:15; εἰς ναόν, so as to form a temple, Ephesians 2:21; ἐν χάριτι, 2 Peter 3:18; with an accusative of the substance, τὴν αὔξησιν, Colossians 2:19 [cf. Winers Grammar, § 32, 2; Buttmann, § 131, 5, also Bp. Lightfoot's note at the passage]; of the external increase of the gospel it is said ὁ λόγος ηὔξανε: Acts 6:7; Acts 12:24; Acts 19:20; of the growing authority of a teacher and the number of his adherents (opposed to ἐλαττοῦσθαι), John 3:30. [Compare: συν-, ὑπεραυξάνω.]

Related entry:
αὔξω, see αὐξάνω.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:28; 13:32
Mark
4:8; 4:8
Luke
1:80; 2:40; 12:27; 13:19
John
3:30
Acts
6:7; 7:17; 12:24; 19:20
1 Corinthians
3:6
2 Corinthians
9:10; 10:15
Ephesians
2:21; 2:21; 4:15
Colossians
1:6; 1:10; 2:19; 2:19
1 Peter
2:2
2 Peter
3:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G837 matches the Greek αὐξάνω (auxanō),
which occurs 35 times in 34 verses in the LXX Greek.

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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 Box Gen 1:28

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 Box Gen 8:17

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 17:6 -

“I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.

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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 21:8 -

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:20 -

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:27 -

When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a [fn]civilized man, living in tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - Then he moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it [fn]Rehoboth, for he said, “[fn]At last the LORD has made [fn]room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:3

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 Box Gen 30:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:30 - “For you had little before [fn]I came, and it has [fn]increased to a multitude, and the LORD has blessed you [fn]wherever I turned. But now, when shall I provide for my own household also?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:11

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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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:52

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:52 - And he named the second [fn]Ephraim; “For,” he said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27 -

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 Box Gen 48:4

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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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:22 -

“Joseph is a fruitful [fn]branch,

A fruitful [fn]branch by a spring;

Its [fn]branches hang over a wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:7

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 Box Exo 23:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:30 - “I will drive them out from you little by little, until you become fruitful and take possession of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:9

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 24:7 -

“Water will flow from his buckets,

And his seed will be by many waters,

And his king shall be higher than Agag,

And his kingdom shall be exalted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:14 -

On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, so that they [fn]revered him, just as they had [fn]revered Moses all the days of his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:24 -

So the woman gave birth to a son, and named him Samson; and the child grew up and the LORD blessed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:2 - And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was highly exalted, for the sake of His people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:10 - even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies.

Moreover, I tell you that the LORD will build a house for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:17 - The [fn]son of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:23 - He acted wisely and distributed [fn]some of his sons through all the territories of Judah and Benjamin to all the fortified cities, and he gave them plenty of provisions. And he sought many wives for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:10 -

The LORD also restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the LORD increased double all that Job had.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:24 -

And He made His people very fruitful,

And made them stronger than their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:11 -

For as the earth produces its sprouts,

And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up,

So the Lord [fn]GOD will cause righteousness and praise

To spring up before all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:16 - “And it shall be in those days when you become numerous and are fruitful in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer say, ‘The ark of the covenant of the LORD.’ And it will not come to mind, nor will they remember it, nor miss it, nor will it be made again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:30

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“This is what the LORD says:

‘Write this man down as childless,

A man who will not prosper in his days;

For no man among his descendants will prosper

Sitting on the throne of David

Or ruling again in Judah.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:3 - “Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and bring them back to their pasture, and they will be fruitful and multiply.
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