Growth
αὔξησιςStrong’s G0838auxēsis
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Auxēsis is the Greek word usually translated “increase”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.”
Meaning
Usually translated “increase”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- increase 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ephesians 1
- Colossians 1
2 books in all.
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Greek dictionary
αὔξησις auxēsis · growth
αὔξησις, -εως, ἡ (αὔξω), [in LXX: 2Ma.5:16 * ;] increase, growth: Eph.4:16, Col.2:19.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “growth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GROWTH, noun
The gradual increase of animal and vegetable bodies; the process of springing from a germ, seed or root, and proceeding to full size, by the addition of matter, through ducts and secretory vessels. In plants, vegetation. We speak of slow growth and rapid growth; of early growth; late growth and full growth
- Product; produce; that which has grown; as a fine growth of wood.
- Production; any thing produced; as a poem of English growth
- Increase in number, bulk or frequency.
- Increase in extent or prevalence; as the growth of trade; the growth of vice.
All definitions
- Advancement; progress; improvement; as growth in grace or piety.
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.