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To increase

מַכְבִּירStrong’s H4342

makhbir (makh-bir)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Makhbir is the Hebrew word usually translated “abundance”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.”
Job 36:31 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Hiphil) to be in abundanceabundance (participle)
How it's translated
  • to abundance 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Job 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    מַכְבִּיר makhbir · to increase

    1) (Hiphil) to be in abundance 1a) abundance (participle)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    INCRE'ASE, verb intransitive

    [Latin incresco; in and cresco, to grow.]

    1. To become greater in bulk or quantity; to grow; to augment; as plants.“The Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another” 1 Thessalonians 3:12
    2. To become more violent; as, the fever increases; the pain increases; cold, wind or a storm increases.
    3. To become more bright or vivid; as, the light increases.
    4. To swell; to rise.
    All definitions and other forms of “increase”
    1. To swell; to become louder, as sound.
    2. To become of more esteem and authority.“He must increase but I must decrease” John 3:30
    3. To enlarge, as the enlightened part of the moon's disk.

    INCRE'ASE, verb transitive

    To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity or amount; as, to increase wealth or treasure; to increase a sum or value.

    1. To advance in quality; to add to any quality or affection; as, to increase the strength of moral habits; to increase love, zeal or passion.
    2. To extend; to lengthen; as, to increase distance.
    3. To extend; to spread; as, to increase fame or renown.
    4. To aggravate; as, to increase guilt or trespass.

    INCRE'ASE, noun

    Augmentation; a growing larger; extension.

    1. “Of the increase of his government and peace, there shall be no end” Isaiah 9:7
    2. Increment; profit; interest; that which is added to the original stock.“Take thou no interest of him or increase; but fear thy God” Leviticus 25:36
    3. Produce, as of land.“Then shall the earth yield her increase” Psalms 67:6
    4. Progeny; issue; offspring.“All the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age” 1 Samuel 2:33
    5. Generation.
    6. The waxing of the moon; the augmentation of the luminous part of the moon, presented to the inhabitants of the earth.
    7. Augmentation of strength or violence; as increase of heat, love or other passion; increase of force.
    8. Augmentation of degree; as increase of happiness or misery.

    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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.