αὔξησις
aúxēsis · G838 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to grow, growth
To grow, to increase in size, whether of animate beings or of plants
ExamplesEphesians 4:16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.
Colossians 2:19 and not holding firmly to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- θεόςGod 1
- σῶμαbody 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ποιέωto do, to make 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- προκοπή prokopḗ · G4297 · to advance, to progress, to change for the better
- Greek noun denoting forward progress or advancement; overlaps with αὔξησις in contexts of spiritual or quantitative increase, though προκοπή emphasizes directional forward motion rather than organic growth.
Contrasting words 1 word
- φθορά phthorá · G5356 · ruin, destruction, to rot
- Greek noun denoting decay or corruption; the process of deterioration stands in lexical opposition to αὔξησις (growth), representing decline rather than increase.
In the other Testament 1 word
- מַרְבִּית marbîyth · H4768 · greater part, majority, increase
- Hebrew noun denoting increase or growth, particularly of quantity or extent; semantically parallel to αὔξησις as abstract noun for the process/result of growing.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To grow, growth23.188
- Used of organic growth applied figuratively to the body of Christ, as of the growth of the body described in Ephesians 4:16 and Colossians 2:19.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀυξεως, ἡ (αὔξω), increase, growth: Eph 4:16; τοῦ Θεοῦ, effected by God, Col 2:19; cf.…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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