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To grow

αὐξάνωStrong’s G0837

auxanō

Appears in 22 verses of the New Testament

In short

Auxanō is the Greek word usually translated “was continuing to grow”, “grow” and “increasing”. It appears in 22 verses of the New Testament.

“But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.”
2 Peter 3:18 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “was continuing to grow”, “grow” and “increasing”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • was continuing to grow 3
  • they grow 2
  • increasing 2
  • it may be grown 1
  • it grew 1
  • to increase 1
  • was increasing 1
  • increased 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 4
  • Acts 4
  • Matthew 2
  • 1 Corinthians 2
  • 2 Corinthians 2
  • Ephesians 2

11 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 22 verses, by book
Matthew 2
6:2813:32
Mark 1
4:8
John 1
3:30
1 Corinthians 2
3:63:7
2 Corinthians 2
9:1010:15
Ephesians 2
2:214:15
Colossians 2
1:102:19
1 Peter 1
2:2
2 Peter 1
3:18
Greek dictionary

αὐξάνω auxanō · to grow

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. …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “grow” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

GROW, verb intransitive

preterit tense grew; participle passive grown. [Latin cresco.]

  1. To enlarge in bulk or stature, by a natural, imperceptible addition of matter, through ducts and secreting organs, as animal and vegetable bodies; to vegetate as plants, or to be augmented by natural process, as animals.“He causeth the grass to grow for cattle” Psalms 104:14
  2. To be produced by vegetation; as, wheat grows in most parts of the world; rice grows only in warm climates.
  3. To increase; to be augmented; to wax; as, a body grows larger by inflation or distension; intemperance is a growing evil.
  4. To advance; to improve; to make progress; as, to grow in grace, in knowledge, in piety.
All definitions and other forms of “grow”
  1. To advance; to extend.
  2. To come by degrees; to become; to reach any state; as, he grows more skillful, or more prudent.
  3. To come forward; to advance. [Not much used.]
  4. To be changed from one state to another; to become; as, to grow pale; to grow poor; to grow rich.
  5. To proceed, as from a cause or reason.
  6. To accrue; to come.“Why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings” Ezra 4:22
  7. To swell; to increase; as, the wind grew to a tempest.

GROW, verb transitive

To produce; to raise; as, a farmer grows large quantities of wheat. [This is a modern abusive use of grow but prevalent in Great Britain, and the British use begins to be imitated in America. Until within a few years, we never heard grow used as a transitive verb in New England, and the ear revolts at the practice.]

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.