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Strong's #837 - αὐξάνω

Transliteration
auxánō
Phonetics
owx-an'-o
Origin
a prolonged form of a primary verb
Parts of Speech
Verb
TDNT
8:517,
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. to cause to grow, augment
  2. to increase, become greater
  3. to grow, increase
    1. of plants
    2. of infants
    3. of a multitude of people
    4. of inward Christian growth
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 1431 ‑ גָּדַל (gaw‑dal');  3318 ‑ יָצָא (yaw‑tsaw');  5375 ‑ נָסָה (naw‑saw', naw‑saw');  6509 ‑ פָּרָה (paw‑raw');  6555 ‑ פָּרַץ (paw‑rats');  6743 ‑ צָלֵחַ (tsaw‑lakh', tsaw‑lay'‑akh);  7235 ‑ רָבָה (raw‑baw');  
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

αὐξάνω

Pi. Fr. 153, Hdt. 7.16. ά, A. Pers. 756, E. Supp. 233, Fr. 362.28, Pl. Ti. 41d: also αὔξω (poet. ἀέξω, q.v.) Thgn. 823, Pi. O. 5.4, Emp. 37, S. Tr. 117 (lyr.), Ar. Ach. 227, X. Smp. 7.4, Pl. R. 573a, D. 3.26, etc. (so Att. Inscrr. and Ptolemaic Pap.; both forms in NT): impf. ηὔξανον only Ps.- E. Fr. 1132.25; ηὖξον Hdt. 9.31, etc.: fut. αὐξήσω Th. 6.40, etc. (αὐξανῶ only in LXX Genesis 17:6, al.): aor. I ηὔξησα Sol. 11, X. HG 7.1.24: pf. ηὔξηκα Pl. Ti. 90b, X. Hier. 2.15: Pass., αὐξάνομαι Hdt. 2.14, E. Med. 918, Ar. Av. 1065, Isoc. 4.104, Pl. Phd. 96c, D. 18.161; αὔξομαι Emp. 26.2, Ar. Ach. 227, Pl. R. 328d, etc., impf. ηὔξετο Hes. Th. 493, Hdt. 3.39 (v.l. αὔξετο): pf. ηὔξημαι E. IA 1248, Pl. R. 371e, Ion. αὔξ- Hdt. 1.58: plpf. ηὔξητο Id. 5.78: aor. ηὐξήθην Th. 1.89, Pl. Prt. 327c: fut. αὐξηθήσομαι D. 56.48; αὐξήσομαι X. Cyr. 6.1.12, Pl. R. 497a:

I

1. increase, not in Hom. (only ἀέξω), Pi. Fr. 153, etc.; ὕβριν αὐ. Hdt. 7.16. ά; ὄλβον A. Pers. 756; opp. ἰσχναίνειν, Pl. Plt. 293b; εἰς ἄπειρον αὐ. τι Id. Lg. 910b; ἐπὶ τὸ ἔσχατον Id. R. 573a; ἐπὶ πλεῖον ηὖξον τὴν μαγειρικὴν τέχνην Athenio 1.16, etc.

2. increase in power, strengthen, αὐ. τὰ Ἑλλήνων increase their power, Hdt. 8.30; νόμοισιν αὐ. πόλιν S. Ant. 191, cf. X. Mem. 3.7.2; exalt by one's deeds, glorify, πόλιν, πάτραν, Pi. O. 5.4, P. 8.38, cf. IG 22.834, etc.; exalt by praise, extol, ἐπαινεῖν καὶ αὔξειν τινά Pl. Ly. 206a; σέ γε.. καὶ τροφὸν καὶ ματέρ' αὔξειν honour thee as.., S. OT 1092 (lyr.); of an orator, amplify, exaggerate, αὔξειν καὶ μειοῦν Arist. Rh. 1403a17.

3. with an Adj., τρέφειν καὶ αὐ. τινὰ μέγαν bring up to manhood, Pl. R. 565c; μείζω πόλιν αὐ. E. IA 572 (lyr.); τὸν ὄγκον.. ἄπειρον αὐξήσει Pl. R. 591d.

4. αὔξειν ἔμπυρα to sacrifice, Pi. I. 4(3).62; cf. ἀέξω.

5. in Logic, = καταπυκνόω (q. v.), Arist. APo. 79a30, al.; but ὁ αὐξόμενος λόγος, name of a fallacy, Plu. Thes. 23, 2.559b.

II Pass.,

1. grow, increase, in size, number, strength, power, etc., Hes. Th. 493, Pi. P. 8.93, D. 61.5, etc.; αὐ. ἐς πλῆθος, ἐς ὕψος, Hdt. 1.58, 2.14; of a child, grow up, Id. 5.92. έ; ἐν γὰρ τοῖς πόνοισιν αὔξεται, of Theseus, E. Supp. 323; ηὐξανόμην ἀκούων I grew taller as I heard, Ar. V. 638; of the wind, rise, Hdt. 7.188; ηὔξηται ἡ πόλις ὥστ' εἶναι τελέα Pl. R. 371e.

2. with an Adj., αὔξεσθαι μέγας wax great, grow up, E. Ba. 183; αὐ. μείζων A. Supp. 338, Pl. Lg. 681a; αὐ. ἐλλόγιμος Id. Prt. 327c; μέγας ἐκ μικροῦ.. ηὔξηται D. 9.21.

III later, Act. intr., like Pass., ἡ σελήνη αὐξάνει Arist. APo. 78b6, cf. HA 620a21, Aristeas 208, D.S. 4.64, Colossians 2:19, D. Chr. 4.128, D.C. 48.52, etc. of Verbs, take the augment, both Act. and Pass., Hdn. Epim. 280; αὔξουσα (sc. συλλαβή), , augment, ibid. (Cf. ἀέξω.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

αὐξάνω, and earlier (the only form in Pindar and Sophocles (Veitch, under the word says, 'Hesiod, Mimnermus, Sophocles, Thucydides always have αὔξω or ἀύξομαι, and Pindar except ἀυξανοι from 130 (Bergk)')) αὔξω (Ephesians 2:21; Colossians 2:19); imperfect ηὔξανον; future αὐξήσω; 1 aorist ἠύξησα; (passive, present ἀυξάνομαι); 1 aorist,

1. transitive, to cause to grow, to augment: 1 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 9:10. Passive to grow, increase, become greater: Matthew 13:32; Mark 4:8 L T Tr WH; 2 Corinthians 10:15; Colossians 1:6 (not Rec.); εἰς τήν ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ Θεοῦ unto the knowledge of God, Colossians 1:10 (G L T Tr WH τῇ ἐπιγνώσει τοῦ Θεοῦ); εἰς σωτηρίαν (not Rec.) to the attaining of salvation, 1 Peter 2:2.

2. according to later usage (from Aristotle, an. post. 1, 13, p. 78{b}, 6, etc., down; but nowhere in the Sept. (cf. Buttmann, 54 (47); 145 (127); Winers Grammar, § 38, 1)) intransitive, to grow, increase: of plants, Matthew 6:28; Mark 4:8 Rec.; Luke 12:27 (not Tdf.; Tr marginal reading brackets αὐξάνω); Luke 13:19; of infants, Luke 1:80; Luke 2:40; of a multitude of people, Acts 7:17. of inward Christian growth: εἰς Χριστόν, in reference to (Winer's Grammar, 397 (371); yet cf. Ellicott at the passage) Christ, Ephesians 4:15; εἰς ναόν, so as to form a temple, Ephesians 2:21; ἐν χάριτι, 2 Peter 3:18; with an accusative of the substance. τήν αὔξησιν, Colossians 2:19 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 32, 2; Buttmann, § 131, 5, also Lightfoot's note at the passage); of the external increase of the gospel it is said λόγος ηὔξανε: Acts 6:7; Acts 12:24; Acts 19:20; of the growing authority of a teacher and the number of his adherents (opposed to ἐλαττοῦσθαι), John 3:30. (Compare: συναυξάνω, ὑπεραυξάνω.)

STRONGS NT 837: αὔξω αὔξω, see αὐξάνω.


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αὐξάνω

(and the earlier form αὔξω , Ephesians 2:21, Colossians 2:19; MM, s.v.),

[in LXX chiefly for H6509;]

1. trans., to make to grow: 1 Corinthians 3:6-7, 2 Corinthians 9:10. Pass., to grow, increase, become greater: Matthew 13:32, Mark 4:8, 2 Corinthians 10:15, Colossians 1:6; τῇ ἐπιγνώσει τ . θεοῦ , Colossians 1:10; εἰς σωτηρίαν , 1 Peter 2:2.

2. In later Gk. (but nowhere in LXX), intrans., to grow, increase: of plants, Matthew 6:28, Luke 12:27; Luke 13:19; of infants, Luke 1:80; Luke 2:40; of a multitude, Acts 7:17; of the increase of the Gospel: ὁ λόγος ηὔξανε , Acts 6:7; Acts 12:24; Acts 19:20; of Christ as a leader, John 3:30; of Christian character: εἰς Χριοτόν , Ephesians 4:15; εἰς ναόν , Ephesians 2:21; ἐν χάριτι , 2 Peter 3:18; τὴν αὔξησιν τ . θεσῦ , Colossians 2:19 (cf. συν , ὑπερ -αυξάνω ).†

αὔξω , see αὐξάνω .


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Vocabulary of the Greek NT

According to Mayser, Gr. p. 465, the form αὐξάνω , which is found in the LXX (Genesis 35:11, Sirach 43:8) and NT, occurs in the Ptolemaic papyri only in P Leid Bi. 8 (ii/B.C.) μᾶλλον αὐξάνεσθαι ἀκολούθως τῇ τῶν προγόνων [προαιρέσει ] : elsewhere, as in the Attic inscriptions up to Imperial times (Meisterhans Gr. p. 176), we find only αὔξω . The latter, contrary to general NT usage (as Ephesians 2:21, Colossians 2:19) is transitive in such passages as Michel 551.7 (the Canopus decree, B.C. 238) τὰς τι [μὰς τῶν θεῶν ] ἐπὶ πλεῖον αὔξοντες , Cagnat IV. 247.35 (Stratonicea, c. B.C. 150) ἐπὶ πλεῖον αὔξειν τ [ὴν ] φιλίαν , and Magn 33.7 αὔξοντες τὴν πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς εὐσέβειαν , ib. 50.28 ἐπὶ πλεῖον αὔξων , after a hiatus. So, at a later time, the fuller form : P Ryl II. 77.36 (A.D. 192) τῆς πόλ (εως ) αὐξάνε ̣[ι ] τὰ πράγματα . The same is implied in the use of the mid. in Syll 891.18 μηδὲ οἶκος αὔξοιτο —a pagan curse which quotes the LXX. For the intrans. usage cf. Aristeas 208 θεωρῶν , ὡς ἐν πολλῷ χρόνῳ καὶ κακοπαθείαις μεγίσταις αὔχει τε καὶ γεννᾶται τὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων γένος . Of the moon, P Leid Wii. 21. In MGr αὐξαίνω .

 

 


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