αὐξάνω
auxánō
“to grow ("wax"), i.e. enlarge (literal or figurative, active or passive)”
22 occurrencesNew TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
to grow ("wax"), i.e. enlarge (literal or figurative, active or passive)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
also spelled αὔξω, trans. to cause to grow or increase; pass. to be increased, enlarged, Mt. 13:32; 1 Cor. 3:6, 7; intrans. to increase, grow, Mt. 6:28; Mk. 4:8
Translated in KJV as
grow (up)(give the) increase
Etymology
a prolonged form of a primary verb;
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“It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.”