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To thicken

παχύνωStrong’s G3975

pachunō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Pachunō is the Greek word usually translated “has grown dull”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.”
Matthew 13:15 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • has grown dull 2

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

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 1
  • Acts 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

παχύνω pachunō · to thicken

παχύνω (παχύς, thick) [in LXX: Deu.32:15, Isa.6:10 (שָׁמֵן), al. ;] to thicken, fatten; pass., to grow fat. Metaphorical, to make dull or stupid (τ. ψυχάς, Rut.); pass., to wax gross: ἡ καρδία„ Mat.13:15, Act.28:27" (LXX) .† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

THICKEN, verb transitive

thik'n. To make thick or dense.

  1. To make close; to fill up interstices; as, to thicken cloth.
  2. To make concrete; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint, mortar or a liquid.
  3. To strengthen; to confirm.
  4. To make frequent, or more frequent; as, to thicken blows.
All definitions and other forms of “thicken”
  1. To make close, or more close; to make more numerous; as, to thicken the ranks.

THICKEN, verb intransitive

thik'n. To become thick or more thick; to become dense; as, the fog thickens.

  1. To become dark or obscure.
  2. To concrete; to be consolidated; as, the juices of plants thicken into wood.
  3. To be inspissated; as, vegetable juices thicken as the more volatile parts are evaporated.
  4. To become close, or more close or numerous.
  5. To become quick and animated.
  6. To become more numerous; to press; to be crowded.

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.