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Lexicon :: Strong's G837 - auxanō

Aa
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.
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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 23 times in 23 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:28 - And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:32 - Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come up it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and make their resting-places in its branches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:8 - And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and giving thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:80

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:80 - And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day when he came before the eyes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:40 - And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:27 - Give thought to the flowers: they do no work, they make no thread; and still I say to you, Even Solomon, in all his glory, was not clothed like one of these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:19 - It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:30 - He has to become greater while I become less.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:7 - And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:17 - But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:24 - But the word of the Lord went on increasing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:20 - So the word of the Lord was increased very greatly and was full of power.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:6 - I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:7 - So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:10 - And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:15 - Not taking credit to ourselves for what is not our business, that is, for the work of others; but having hope that, with the growth of your faith, we may get the credit for an increase which is the effect of our work,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:21 - In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:15 - But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:6 - Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:10 - Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:19 - And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:2 - Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:18 - But be increased in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May he have glory now and for ever. So be it.
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