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To grow

μηκύνωStrong’s G3373

mēkunō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Mēkunō is the Greek word usually translated “it may grow”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.”
Mark 4:27 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “it may grow”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • it may grow 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Mark 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    μηκύνω mēkunō · to grow

    μηκύνω (μῆκος), [in LXX: Isa.44:14 (גָּדַל pi.), Eze.12:25, 28 (מָשַׁךְ ni.) * ;] to lengthen, extend: of causing plants to grow, Isa, l.with; pass. (mid., Swete, in l), to grow: Mrk.4:27.† (AS)

    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.