αὐξάνω
auxanō (G0837)
to grow
AI Word Study
The Greek word αὐξάνω (auxanō), meaning "to grow," is a fundamental concept in the biblical narrative. With 23 occurrences in the Bible, its significance is evident in various contexts, such as the creation of new life, the natural world, and even spiritual growth. This term suggests a dynamic process of expansion, increase, or development, which can be applied to both tangible and intangible aspects. In its broad semantic domain of "Creation & Nature," αὐξάνω covers a range of uses, including the growth of plants (Matthew 13:5, Mark 4:8), the increase of the harvest (Leviticus 26:20), and even the development of the human body (Psalm 38:4). This versatility underscores the concept's universality and its role in describing the intricate web of life and existence. The occurrence of αὐξάνω throughout the Bible highlights its importance as a metaphor for spiritual growth and development, conveying the idea of continuous progress and expansion. In this context, the word encourages readers to strive for personal growth, improvement, and fulfillment, making it a poignant and enduring message in the biblical narrative.
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Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,
which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”
Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some produced thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much.”
The child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his own garden. It grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky live in its branches.”
He must increase, but I must decrease.
The word of God increased and the number of the disciples greatly multiplied in Jerusalem. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.
So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,
not boasting beyond proper limits in other men’s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,
in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ,
which has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,
that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,
and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.
as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.