αὐξάνω (and the earlier form αὔξω, Eph.2:21, Col.2:19; MM, see word), [in LXX chiefly for פָּרָה ;] 1. trans., to make to grow: 1Co.3:6-7, 2Co.9:10. Pass., to grow, increase, become greater: Mat.13:32, Mrk.4:8, 2Co.10:15, Col.1:6; τῇ ἐπιγνώσει τ. θεοῦ, Col.1:10; εἰς σωτηρίαν, 1Pe.2:2. 2. In later Gk. (but nowhere in LXX), intrans., to grow, increase: of plants, Mat.6:28, Luk.12:27 13:19; of infants, Luk.1:80 2:40; of a multitude, Act.7:17; of the increase of the Gospel: ὁ λόγος ηὔξανε, Act.6:7 12:24 19:20; of Christ as a leader, Jhn.3:30; of Christian character: εἰς Χριοτόν, Eph.4:15; εἰς ναόν, Eph.2:21; ἐν χάριτι, 2Pe.3:18; τὴν αὔξησιν τ. θεσῦ, Col.2:19 (cf. συν, ὑπερ-αυξάνω).† (AS)
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G837 — αὐξάνω
auxanō · to grow · Greek
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Matthew 6:28 · αὐξάνουσιν·Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,Matthew 13:32 · αὐξηθῇ,which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”Mark 4:8 · αὐξανόμεναOthers fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much.”Luke 1:80 · ηὔξανενThe child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.Luke 2:40 · ηὔξανενThe child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.Luke 12:27 · αὐξάνει·Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.Luke 13:19 · ηὔξησενIt is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches.”John 3:30 · αὐξάνειν,He must increase, but I must decrease.Acts 6:7 · ηὔξανεν,The word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.Acts 7:17 · ηὔξησεν“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,Acts 12:24 · ηὔξανενBut the word of God grew and multiplied.Acts 19:20 · ηὔξανενSo the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.1 Corinthians 3:6 · ηὔξανεν·I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.1 Corinthians 3:7 · αὐξάνωνSo then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.2 Corinthians 9:10 · αὐξήσειNow may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;2 Corinthians 10:15 · αὐξανομένηςnot boasting beyond proper limits in other men’s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,Ephesians 2:21 · αὔξειin whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;Ephesians 4:15 · αὐξήσωμενbut speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;Colossians 1:6 · αὐξανόμενονwhich has come to you; even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;Colossians 1:10 · αὐξανόμενοιthat you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;Colossians 2:19 · αὔξειand not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.1 Peter 2:2 · αὐξηθῆτεas newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,2 Peter 3:18 · αὐξάνετεBut grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.