auxanō · grow, increase

What it means

auxanō (αὐξάνω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “grow, increase”.

Make grow.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To become larger or stronger over time, like a plant or a child.
2. To make grow, as God does.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• growing ×6
• grew ×3
• grow ×3
• grows ×3
• increase ×2
• they grow ×2
• increasing ×1
• it has grown ×1
• was giving the growth ×1
• who gives the growth ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×1
• Luke×4
• John×1
• Acts×4
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 2 Corinthians×2
• Ephesians×2
• Colossians×3
• 1 Peter×1
• 2 Peter×1

• Matthew 6:28

  And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they do not labor nor spin;

• Matthew 13:32

  it is smaller than all the seeds, but when it has grown, it is greater than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”

• Mark 4:8

  And other seeds fell into the good soil and were giving fruit, growing up and increasing, and were bearing, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.”

• Luke 1:80

  And the child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

• Luke 2:40

  And the child grew and became strong, being filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon him.

• Luke 12:27

  Consider the lilies, how they grow: they do not toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these.

• Luke 13:19

  It is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and put in his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”

• John 3:30

  He must increase, but I must decrease.”

• Acts 6:7

  And the word of God kept growing, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was multiplying greatly, and a great crowd of the priests were obeying the faith.

• Acts 7:17

  But as the time of the promise that God had promised to Abraham drew near, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

• Acts 12:24

  But the word of God kept growing and multiplying.

• Acts 19:20

  So the word of the Lord was growing mightily and prevailing.

• 1 Corinthians 3:6

  I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving the growth.

• 1 Corinthians 3:7

  So neither the one who plants is anything, nor the one who waters, but God who gives the growth.

• 2 Corinthians 9:10

  Now the one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness;

• 2 Corinthians 10:15

  not boasting beyond measure in others’ labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we may be enlarged among you according to our rule to an abundance,

• Ephesians 2:21

  in whom the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy sanctuary in the Lord,

• Ephesians 4:15

  but speaking the truth in love, let us grow in all things into him who is the head, the Messiah,

• Colossians 1:6

  that has come to you, just as also in all the world it is bearing fruit and growing, just as it is also among you, from the day you heard and came to know the grace of God in truth;

• Colossians 1:10

  to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please him in every way, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God,

• Colossians 2:19

  and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, supplied and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with the growth of God.

• 1 Peter 2:2

  like newborn infants, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow into salvation,

• 2 Peter 3:18

  But grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus the Messiah. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.