◄ 837. auxanó ►
Strong's Lexicon auxanó: To grow, increase, become greater Original Word: αὐξάνω Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: auxanó Pronunciation: owx-an'-o Phonetic Spelling: (owx-an'-o) Definition: To grow, increase, become greater Meaning: (a) I cause to increase, become greater (b) I increase, grow. Word Origin: A primary verb Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H6509 (parah): To bear fruit, be fruitful, multiply - H7235 (rabah): To become many, become great, multiply Usage: The Greek verb "auxanó" primarily means to grow or increase. It is used in the New Testament to describe both physical growth and spiritual or metaphorical increase. This growth can refer to the natural development of living organisms, such as plants or people, as well as the expansion of faith, knowledge, or the church. Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, growth was a common metaphor for development and prosperity. Agriculture was a central part of life, and the growth of crops was essential for survival. This cultural context made "auxanó" a powerful metaphor for spiritual and communal development. The early Christian community, often described as a body or a plant, used this term to express the idea of spiritual maturity and the expansion of the faith. HELPS Word-studies 837 auksánō – properly, grow (increase); become greater in size (maturity, etc.). 837 /auksánō ("to grow") is key to authentic discipleship. Indeed, the Lord requires non-stop progress (development) in the life of faith. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin a prol. form of a prim. verb Definition to make to grow, to grow NASB Translation causes the growth (1), causing the growth (1), full grown (1), grew (1), grow (8), growing (2), grows (2), increase (2), increased (2), increasing (2), spreading (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 837: αὐξάνω 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 ἀυξανοι from 130 (Bergk)')) αὔξω (Ephesians 2:21; Colossians 2:19); imperfect ηὔξανον; future αὐξήσω; 1 aorist ἠύξησα; (passive, present ἀυξάνομαι); 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 τήν 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. 78{b}, 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 αὐξάνω); 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. τήν αὔξησιν, Colossians 2:19 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 32, 2; Buttmann, § 131, 5, also 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: συναυξάνω, ὑπεραυξάνω.) STRONGS NT 837: αὔξω αὔξω, see αὐξάνω. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance grow up, increase. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to grow ("wax"), i.e. Enlarge (literal or figurative, active or passive) -- grow (up), (give the) increase. Forms and Transliterations αυξανει αυξάνει αὐξάνει αυξανειν αυξάνειν αὐξάνειν αυξάνεσθε αυξανετε αυξάνετε αὐξάνετε αυξανομενα αὐξανόμενα αυξανομενης αυξανομένης αὐξανομένης αυξανομενοι αυξανόμενοι αὐξανόμενοι αυξανομενον αὐξανόμενον αυξάνοντα αυξάνου αυξανουσιν αὐξάνουσιν αυξανώ αυξανων αυξάνων αὐξάνων αυξει αύξει αὔξει αυξηθη αυξηθή αὐξηθῇ αυξηθής αυξηθήσεται αυξηθήσονται αυξηθητε αυξηθήτε αὐξηθῆτε αυξήσαι αυξησει αὐξήσει αυξήσω αυξησωμεν αυξήσωμεν αὐξήσωμεν αύξουσαν ηυξανε ηύξανε ηὔξανε ηύξανεν ηὔξανεν ηυξήθη ηυξήθησαν ηυξημένος ηύξησε ηύξησέ ηυξησεν ηύξησεν ηὔξησεν auxanei auxánei auxanein auxánein auxanete auxánete auxanomena auxanómena auxanomenes auxanomenēs auxanoménes auxanoménēs auxanomenoi auxanómenoi auxanomenon auxanómenon auxanon auxanōn auxánon auxánōn auxanousin auxánousin auxei aúxei auxesei auxēsei auxḗsei auxesomen auxēsōmen auxḗsomen auxḗsōmen auxethe auxēthē auxethêi auxēthē̂i auxethete auxethête auxēthēte auxēthē̂te euxanen ēuxanen euxesen ēuxēsen eýxanen ēýxanen eýxesen ēýxēsen Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Matthew 6:28 V-PIA-3P GRK: ἀγροῦ πῶς αὐξάνουσιν οὐ κοπιῶσιν NAS: of the field grow; they do not toil KJV: how they grow; they toil INT: field how they grow [they do] not labor Matthew 13:32 V-ASP-3S GRK: ὅταν δὲ αὐξηθῇ μεῖζον τῶν NAS: but when it is full grown, it is larger KJV: when it is grown, it is INT: when however it be grown greater than the Mark 4:8 V-PPM/P-ANP GRK: ἀναβαίνοντα καὶ αὐξανόμενα καὶ ἔφερεν NAS: and as they grew up and increased, they yielded KJV: and increased; and INT: growing up and increasing and bore Luke 1:80 V-IIA-3S GRK: δὲ παιδίον ηὔξανεν καὶ ἐκραταιοῦτο NAS: And the child continued to grow and to become strong KJV: And the child grew, and waxed strong INT: and [the] child grew and was strengthened Luke 2:40 V-IIA-3S GRK: δὲ παιδίον ηὔξανεν καὶ ἐκραταιοῦτο NAS: The Child continued to grow and become strong, KJV: And the child grew, and waxed strong INT: and [the] child grew and became strong Luke 12:27 V-PIA-3S GRK: κρίνα πῶς αὐξάνει οὐ κοπιᾷ NAS: how they grow: they neither KJV: how they grow: they toil INT: lilies how they grow not labor Luke 13:19 V-AIA-3S GRK: ἑαυτοῦ καὶ ηὔξησεν καὶ ἐγένετο NAS: garden; and it grew and became KJV: garden; and it grew, and waxed INT: his and it grew and came John 3:30 V-PNA GRK: ἐκεῖνον δεῖ αὐξάνειν ἐμὲ δὲ NAS: He must increase, but I must decrease. KJV: He must increase, but I INT: Him it behoves to increase me however Acts 6:7 V-IIA-3S GRK: τοῦ θεοῦ ηὔξανεν καὶ ἐπληθύνετο NAS: of God kept on spreading; and the number KJV: of God increased; and INT: of God increased and was multiplied Acts 7:17 V-AIA-3S GRK: τῷ Ἀβραάμ ηὔξησεν ὁ λαὸς NAS: the people increased and multiplied KJV: the people grew and INT: to Abraham increased the people Acts 12:24 V-IIA-3S GRK: τοῦ θεοῦ ηὔξανεν καὶ ἐπληθύνετο NAS: of the Lord continued to grow and to be multiplied. KJV: the word of God grew and multiplied. INT: of God grew and multiplied Acts 19:20 V-IIA-3S GRK: ὁ λόγος ηὔξανεν καὶ ἴσχυεν NAS: of the Lord was growing mightily KJV: So mightily grew the word of God INT: of the word increased and prevailed 1 Corinthians 3:6 V-IIA-3S GRK: ὁ θεὸς ηὔξανεν NAS: but God was causing the growth. KJV: but God gave the increase. INT: God gave growth 1 Corinthians 3:7 V-PPA-NMS GRK: ἀλλ' ὁ αὐξάνων θεός NAS: but God who causes the growth. KJV: but God that giveth the increase. INT: but who gives growth God 2 Corinthians 9:10 V-FIA-3S GRK: ὑμῶν καὶ αὐξήσει τὰ γενήματα NAS: your seed for sowing and increase the harvest KJV: and increase the fruits INT: of you and may he increase the fruits 2 Corinthians 10:15 V-PPM/P-GFS GRK: δὲ ἔχοντες αὐξανομένης τῆς πίστεως NAS: that as your faith grows, we will be, within KJV: faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged INT: moreover having increasing the faith Ephesians 2:21 V-PIA-3S GRK: οἰκοδομὴ συναρμολογουμένη αὔξει εἰς ναὸν NAS: being fitted together, is growing into a holy KJV: fitly framed together groweth unto INT: building fitted together increases to a temple Ephesians 4:15 V-ASA-1P GRK: ἐν ἀγάπῃ αὐξήσωμεν εἰς αὐτὸν NAS: in love, we are to grow up in all KJV: in love, may grow up into him INT: in love we might grow up into him Colossians 1:6 V-PPM/P-NNS GRK: καρποφορούμενον καὶ αὐξανόμενον καθὼς καὶ NAS: it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even INT: bringing forth fruit and increasing even as also Colossians 1:10 V-PPM/P-NMP GRK: καρποφοροῦντες καὶ αὐξανόμενοι τῇ ἐπιγνώσει NAS: work and increasing in the knowledge KJV: work, and increasing in the knowledge INT: bringing forth fruit and growing in the knowledge Colossians 2:19 V-PIA-3S GRK: καὶ συμβιβαζόμενον αὔξει τὴν αὔξησιν NAS: and ligaments, grows with a growth KJV: knit together, increaseth with the increase INT: and knit together increases [with] the increase 1 Peter 2:2 V-ASP-2P GRK: ἐν αὐτῷ αὐξηθῆτε εἰς σωτηρίαν NAS: so that by it you may grow in respect KJV: of the word, that ye may grow thereby: INT: by it you might grow in respect to salvation 2 Peter 3:18 V-PMA-2P GRK: αὐξάνετε δὲ ἐν NAS: but grow in the grace and knowledge KJV: But grow in grace, INT: grow moreover in Strong's Greek 837 23 Occurrences αὐξάνει — 1 Occ. αὐξάνειν — 1 Occ. αὐξάνετε — 1 Occ. αὐξάνων — 1 Occ. αὐξανόμενα — 1 Occ. αὐξανομένης — 1 Occ. αὐξανόμενοι — 1 Occ. αὐξανόμενον — 1 Occ. αὐξάνουσιν — 1 Occ. αὐξήσει — 1 Occ. αὐξήσωμεν — 1 Occ. αὐξηθῇ — 1 Occ. αὐξηθῆτε — 1 Occ. αὔξει — 2 Occ. ηὔξανεν — 6 Occ. ηὔξησεν — 2 Occ.