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Greek verb · G837

αὐξάνω

auxanoowx-an'-o

trans.; In later Gk. (but nowhere in LXX), intrans.

23 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: auxánō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G837is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 11 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 16
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G837

to grow ("wax"), i.e. enlarge (literal or figurative, active or passive)

The King James renders it: grow (up), (give the) increase.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

auxano is rendered "trans.; In later Gk. (but nowhere in LXX), intrans.". It stands 23 times in the Greek text, across eleven books.

  • Four of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "trans.".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 6:28And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.
  • The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.

The first use

And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.

Matthew 6:28αὐξάνουσιν

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in eleven of the 27 New Testament books.

The other 16 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: trans., and In later Gk. (but nowhere in LXX), intrans..

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
trans.to make to growTagged as
  • increasing3
  • do grow1
  • giving growth —1
  • growing1
  • is increasing1
  • it grew1
  • it increases1
  • it may be grown1

and 5 more, 15 uses in all

WhereMatthew 13:32Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and…
In later Gk. (but nowhere in LXX), intrans.to grow, increaseTagged as
  • was continuing to grow3
  • they grow2
  • increased1
  • to increase1
  • was increasing1
WhereMatthew 6:28And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not…

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 23, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

16 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • ηὔξανεν6
  • αὔξει2
  • ηὔξησεν2
  • αὐξάνει1
  • αὐξάνειν1
  • αὐξάνετε1
  • αὐξανόμενα1
  • αὐξανομένης1
  • αὐξανόμενοι1
  • αὐξανόμενον1
  • αὐξάνουσιν1
  • αὐξάνων1

and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular6V-IAI-3S
  • verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-PAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person plural1V-AAS-1P
  • verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 2nd person plural1V-APS-2P
  • verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-APS-3S
  • verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S
  • verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PAI-3P
  • verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural1V-PAM-2P
  • verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
  • verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PAP-NSM
  • verb · present passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1V-PPP-GSF

Matthew

two uses
  • And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.

    Matthew 6:28

    • αὐξάνουσινauxanousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they grow
  • Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

    Matthew 13:32

    • αὐξηθῇauxetheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: it may be grown

Mark

one use
  • Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”

    Mark 4:8

    • αὐξανόμεναauxanomenaverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: increasing

Luke

four uses
  • And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.

    Luke 1:80

    • ηὔξανενeuxanenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was continuing to grow
  • And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.

    Luke 2:40

    • ηὔξανενeuxanenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was continuing to grow
  • Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

    Luke 12:27

    • αὐξάνειauxaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: they grow
  • It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”

    Luke 13:19

    • ηὔξησενeuxesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it grew

John

one use
  • He must increase; I must decrease.

    John 3:30

    • αὐξάνεινauxaneinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to increase

Acts

four uses
  • So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.

    Acts 6:7

    • ηὔξανενeuxanenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was increasing
  • As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.

    Acts 7:17

    • ηὔξησενeuxesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: increased
  • But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.

    Acts 12:24

    • ηὔξανενeuxanenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was continuing to grow
  • So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.

    Acts 19:20

    • ηὔξανενeuxanenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was continuing to increase

1 Corinthians

two uses
  • I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

    1 Corinthians 3:6

    • ηὔξανενeuxanenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was growing
  • So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

    1 Corinthians 3:7

    • αὐξάνωνauxanonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: giving growth —

2 Corinthians

two uses
  • Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.

    2 Corinthians 9:10

    • αὐξήσειauxeseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will increase
  • Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,

    2 Corinthians 10:15

    • αὐξανομένηςauxanomenesverb · present passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: increasing

Ephesians

two uses
  • In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

    Ephesians 2:21

    • αὔξειauxeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is increasing
  • Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

    Ephesians 4:15

    • αὐξήσωμενauxesomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may grow up

Colossians

three uses
  • that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.

    Colossians 1:6

    • αὐξανόμενονauxanomenonverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: increasing
  • so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,

    Colossians 1:10

    • αὐξανόμενοιauxanomenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: growing
  • He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.

    Colossians 2:19

    • αὔξειauxeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it increases

1 Peter

one use
  • Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

    1 Peter 2:2

    • αὐξηθῆτεauxetheteverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may grow up

2 Peter

one use
  • But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

    2 Peter 3:18

    • αὐξάνετεauxaneteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do grow

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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