Hebrew

To grow

שָׂגָהStrong’s H7685

sagah (sa-gah)

Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Sagah is the Hebrew word usually translated “it will grow”, “it grow” and “increase”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.

“Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.”

Job 8:7 KJV

Meaning

To grow, increase(Qal) to grow (of plant)
To grow, increase(Qal) to grow (great) · (Hiphil) to increase

How it's translated

it will grow 1
will it grow 1
they increase 1
he will grow 1

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

Where it's used most

Job 2
Psalms 2

2 books in all.

Related words

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Hebrew dictionary

שָׂגָה sagah · to grow

1) to grow, increase 1a) (Qal) to grow (of plant)

שָׂגָה sagah · to increase

1) to grow, increase 1a) (Qal) to grow (great) 1b) (Hiphil) to increase

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

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.]

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
To be produced by vegetation; as, wheat grows in most parts of the world; rice grows only in warm climates.
To increase; to be augmented; to wax; as, a body grows larger by inflation or distension; intemperance is a growing evil.
To advance; to improve; to make progress; as, to grow in grace, in knowledge, in piety.

All definitions and other forms of “grow”

To advance; to extend.
To come by degrees; to become; to reach any state; as, he grows more skillful, or more prudent.
To come forward; to advance. [Not much used.]
To be changed from one state to another; to become; as, to grow pale; to grow poor; to grow rich.
To proceed, as from a cause or reason.
To accrue; to come.“Why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings” Ezra 4:22
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.