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G838 αὔξησις (aúxēsis)
Greek
Noun, Feminine
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Quick Definition

increasing, increase, growth

Strong's Definition

growth

Derivation: from G837 (αὐξάνω);

KJV Usage: increase

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

αὔξησις, ἀυξεως, ἡ (αὔξω), increase, growth: Eph_4:16; τοῦ Θεοῦ, effected by God, Col_2:19; cf. Meyer ad loc. ((Herodotus), Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, and subsequent writings.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

αὔξησις auxēsis 2x increase, growth, Eph_4:16 ; Col_2:19

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** αὔξησις , -εως , ἡ ( < αὔξω ), [in LXX : 2Ma_5:16 * ;] increase, growth: Eph_4:16 , Col_2:19 .† αὔξω , see αὐξάνω .

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

αὔξησις [page 92] Chrest. I. 70 .12 (an inscr. of B.C. 57 6) τούτου πρὸς αὔξησιν ἀγομένου , of a temple for which the priests ask the privilege of ἀσυλία .

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

αὔξησις [Etym: αὔξω] "growth, increase", Thuc. ; of crops, Hdt.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

αὔξησις, -εως, ἡ (αὔξω), [in LXX: 2Ma.5:16 * ;] increase, growth: Eph.4:16, Col.2:19.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

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