αὐξήσω

αὐξάνω

increase: aor ind mid 2nd sg (doric)

αὐξάνω

increase: aor subj act 1st sg

αὐξάνω

increase: fut ind act 1st sg

αὐξάνω

increase: aor ind mid 2nd sg (homeric ionic)

αὐξάνω

increase: aor ind mid 2nd sg (doric)

αὐξάνω

increase: aor subj act 1st sg

αὐξάνω

increase: fut ind act 1st sg

αὐξάνω

increase: aor ind mid 2nd sg (homeric ionic)

⁺ V 23-7-4-2-4=40 Gn 1,22.28; 8,17; 9,1.7

A: to increase, to cause to grow [τινα] (semit., rendering Hebr. פרה hi.) Gn 17,6 P: to grow Gn 21,8; to grow, to increase Gn 1,22

*Jgs 5,11 αὔξησον increase-⋄פרה for MT פרזנו his peasantry; *1 Chr 17,10 καὶ αὐξήσω σε and I will increase you-ואגדלך for MT לך ואגד ⋄נגד and I will declare to you, cpr. 2 Sm 7,11

Cf. HARL 1986a, 57.97; →NIDNTT; TWNT

αὐξάνω Pi.Fr. 153, Hdt.7.16.ά, A.Pers. 756, E.Supp. 233, Fr.362.28, Pl.Ti. 41d:—also [full] 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 [dialect] Att. Inscrr. and Ptolemaic Pap.; both forms in NT): [tense] impf. ηὔξανον only Ps.-E.Fr.1132.25;

A

ηὖξον Hdt.9.31

, etc.: [tense] fut.

αὐξήσω Th.6.40

, etc. ( αὐξανῶ only in LXX Ge.17.6, al.): [tense] aor. I

ηὔξησα Sol. 11

, X.HG7.1.24: [tense] pf.

ηὔξηκα Pl.Ti. 90b

, X.Hier.2.15:—[voice] 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., [tense] impf.

ηὔξετο Hes.Th. 493

, Hdt.3.39 (v.l. αὔξετο): [tense] pf.

ηὔξημαι E.IA 1248

, Pl.R. 371e, [dialect] Ion.

αὔξ- Hdt.1.58

: [tense] plpf.

ηὔξητο Id.5.78

: [tense] aor.

ηὐξήθην Th.1.89

, Pl.Prt. 327c: [tense] fut.

αὐξηθήσομαι D.56.48

;

αὐξήσομαι X.Cyr.6.1.12

, Pl.R. 497a:—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 Athenio1.16

, 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. IG22.834, 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 [voice] Pass., 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, [voice] Act. intr., like [voice] Pass.,

ἡ σελήνη αὐξάνει Arist. APo. 78b6

, cf. HA 620a21, Aristeas 208, D.S.4.64, Ep.Col.2.19, D. Chr.4.128, D.C.48.52, etc.

IV of Verbs, take the augment, both [voice] Act. and [voice] Pass., Hdn.Epim. 280; αὔξουσα (sc. συλλαβή), ἡ, augment, ibid. (Cf. ἀέξω.)

ἐπαυξ-άνω (Pl.Ti. 19a ([voice] Pass.), D.3.33, etc.) or [suff] ἐπαυξ-αύξω (X.Oec.7.43 ([voice] Pass.), OGI90.38 (Rosetta, ii B. C.)): [tense] fut. - αυξήσω:—

A increase, enlarge, Emp.17.32;

τὴν πατρίδα νικήσαντας ἐπαυξῆσαι Th.7.70

, cf. 2.36, D. l. c.;

τὰμ βασιλείαν SIG629.5

(Delph., ii B. C.);

τὸν ἔρανον IG12

(1).155 iii 84 ([place name] Rhodes); τὴν φιλαγαθίαν ib. 12(7).232.6 ([place name] Amorgos):— [voice] Pass., grow, increase, X.l.c., Pl.l.c., etc.

II intr., grow, increase, Aristaenet.1.16.

αὐξάνω/αὔξω (both forms as early as Pindar with the shorter predominating, as usu. in the earlier lit.; later the longer form becomes more freq. [e.g., Just., D. 88, 2] and the shorter one [Epict.; Heraclit. Stoic. p. 2, 7; 78, 12; Hierocles the Stoic—II A.D.—in BKT IV pap 9780 col. 6, 16 p. 28f; SIG index; OGI 51, 12; 56, 9 and 22; POxy 1450, 3; 21; 4 Macc 13:22; OdeSol 11:19; *TestZeb 1:3; TestJos 19:4, based on the Armenian version, as rendered by Charles; GrBar; ParJer 9:16; EpArist 208; Philo, Aet. M. 71; Jos., Ant. 1, 61; 4, 59; Ar. 6, 3; Mel., Fgm. 8b, 8] becomes rare; both in the same sentence Aëtius 132, 13 αὐξανομένου τ. πάθους αὔξει κ. τὰ συμπτώματα) B-D-F §101; W-S. §15; Meisterhans³-Schw. 176; Mayser 465. Impf. ηὔξανον; fut. αὐξήσω and αὐξανῶ Gen 48:4; Lev 26:9; 1 aor. ηὔξησα. Pass.: fut. αὐξηθήσομαι LXX, En 5:9; aor. ηὐξήθην.

① to cause to become greater in extent, size, state, or quality, grow someth., cause to grow, increase trans. (Pind., Hdt., Pla. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; Jos., Ant. 2, 205 [Nägeli 35]) the fruits of righteousness 2 Cor 9:10. Abs. 1 Cor 3:6f=God made it grow; Hv 1, 1, 6; 3, 4, 1.

② to become greater, grow, increase intr.

ⓐ pass. used actively (Hes., Hdt.+; LXX; En oft.; on GrBar s. under b; Jos., Ant. 18, 129, Vi. 193; Ar. 6:3; Mel., HE 4, 26, 7; Did., Gen. 190, 25). Of humans and plants: the human race 1 Cl 33:6; B 6:12, 18 (Gen 1:28); children (Hdt. 5, 92, 5; Gen 21:8; 25; 27) 1 Pt 2:2; plants (Ps.-Phocyl. 38) Mt 13:32; Mk 4:8; καρπὸς αὐξανόμενος ibid. v.l. (Diosc., Mat. Med. 2, 199 add. πρὸ τοῦ τὸν καρπὸν αὐξηθῆναι).—Of nonphysical entities (Pind., N. 8, 40 αὔξεται δʼ ἀρετά = ἀρετή grows; Did., Gen. 119, 8 [of the soul]) the gospel Col 1:6; faith 2 Cor 10:15; knowledge Col 1:10; unrighteousness D 16:4. Cp. Lk 22:28 D.

ⓑ The use of the act. in the same intr. sense belongs to later Gk. (Aristot.; Polyb.; Diod S; Maximus Tyr. 6, 4f; Olympiodor., Comm. in Alcib. Plat. 18 ed. Creuzer 1821: αὐξούσης τ. σελήνης; PGM 4, 2553; 13, 65; EpArist 208; GrBar; Jos., Ant. 2, 189; 4, 59; Ar. 12, 2; POxy 1778, 13; Just., D. 88, 2; not LXX) lit. of plants Mt 6:28; Lk 12:27; Ox 655, 9f (ASyn. 67, 33; on the last 3 passages s. ξαίνω); Lk 13:19. ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς πλείονα fr. one ( grain) many grow 1 Cl 24:5. Of children Lk 1:80; 2:40. Of a people Ac 7:17. Of a house εἰς ναόν Eph 2:21. Of the word of God Ac 6:7; 12:24; 19:20 (on the theme of growth s. DBalch, SBLSP ’89, 354; cp. Polyb. 6, 43, 2). αὐ. τὴν αὔξησιν Col 2:19; ἔν τινι 2 Pt 3:18; αὐ. εἰς Χριστόν grow up into (union w.) Christ Eph 4:15. Abs. Mt 20:28 v.l. = Agr 22; ὡ̣ς … αὔξι̣ν̣ [=αὔξειν] … τὴν̣ ψ̣υ̣χ̣ὴν τοῦ Παῦλου so that … Paul’s spirits rose AcPl Ha 6, 10. Of Jesus increase J 3:30. This is usu. considered a direct ref. to success in attracting followers, but αὐ. can also be used of the increase of sunlight (Calendarium of Antiochus [c. 200 A.D.] on Dec. 25 Ἡλίου γενέθλιον• αὔξει φῶς [FBoll, SBHeidAk 1910, 16; Abh. p. 40ff]; Cosmas of Jerusalem [FCumont, Natalis Invicti: Extr. des compt. rend. de l’Ac. des Inscr. et Bell. Lett. 1911, 292f]). Cp. 3:19–21, where φῶς occurs five times, and marks the leading concept. May this not also be true of 3:30? At any rate the Gk. and Lat. fathers understood 3:30 in the solar sense. S. also on ἐλαττοῦσθαι and s. ENorden, D. Geburt des Kindes 1924, 99–112.—DELG s.v. αὔξω. M-M. TW.

αὐξάνω/αὔξω (both forms as early as Pindar with the shorter predominating, as usu. in the earlier lit.; later the longer form becomes more freq. [e.g., Just., D. 88, 2] and the shorter one [Epict.; Heraclit. Stoic. p. 2, 7; 78, 12; Hierocles the Stoic—II A.D.—in BKT IV pap 9780 col. 6, 16 p. 28f; SIG index; OGI 51, 12; 56, 9 and 22; POxy 1450, 3; 21; 4 Macc 13:22; OdeSol 11:19; *TestZeb 1:3; TestJos 19:4, based on the Armenian version, as rendered by Charles; GrBar; ParJer 9:16; EpArist 208; Philo, Aet. M. 71; Jos., Ant. 1, 61; 4, 59; Ar. 6, 3; Mel., Fgm. 8b, 8] becomes rare; both in the same sentence Aëtius 132, 13 αὐξανομένου τ. πάθους αὔξει κ. τὰ συμπτώματα) B-D-F §101; W-S. §15; Meisterhans³-Schw. 176; Mayser 465. Impf. ηὔξανον; fut. αὐξήσω and αὐξανῶ Gen 48:4; Lev 26:9; 1 aor. ηὔξησα. Pass.: fut. αὐξηθήσομαι LXX, En 5:9; aor. ηὐξήθην.

① to cause to become greater in extent, size, state, or quality, grow someth., cause to grow, increase trans. (Pind., Hdt., Pla. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; Jos., Ant. 2, 205 [Nägeli 35]) the fruits of righteousness 2 Cor 9:10. Abs. 1 Cor 3:6f=God made it grow; Hv 1, 1, 6; 3, 4, 1.

② to become greater, grow, increase intr.

ⓐ pass. used actively (Hes., Hdt.+; LXX; En oft.; on GrBar s. under b; Jos., Ant. 18, 129, Vi. 193; Ar. 6:3; Mel., HE 4, 26, 7; Did., Gen. 190, 25). Of humans and plants: the human race 1 Cl 33:6; B 6:12, 18 (Gen 1:28); children (Hdt. 5, 92, 5; Gen 21:8; 25; 27) 1 Pt 2:2; plants (Ps.-Phocyl. 38) Mt 13:32; Mk 4:8; καρπὸς αὐξανόμενος ibid. v.l. (Diosc., Mat. Med. 2, 199 add. πρὸ τοῦ τὸν καρπὸν αὐξηθῆναι).—Of nonphysical entities (Pind., N. 8, 40 αὔξεται δʼ ἀρετά = ἀρετή grows; Did., Gen. 119, 8 [of the soul]) the gospel Col 1:6; faith 2 Cor 10:15; knowledge Col 1:10; unrighteousness D 16:4. Cp. Lk 22:28 D.

ⓑ The use of the act. in the same intr. sense belongs to later Gk. (Aristot.; Polyb.; Diod S; Maximus Tyr. 6, 4f; Olympiodor., Comm. in Alcib. Plat. 18 ed. Creuzer 1821: αὐξούσης τ. σελήνης; PGM 4, 2553; 13, 65; EpArist 208; GrBar; Jos., Ant. 2, 189; 4, 59; Ar. 12, 2; POxy 1778, 13; Just., D. 88, 2; not LXX) lit. of plants Mt 6:28; Lk 12:27; Ox 655, 9f (ASyn. 67, 33; on the last 3 passages s. ξαίνω); Lk 13:19. ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς πλείονα fr. one ( grain) many grow 1 Cl 24:5. Of children Lk 1:80; 2:40. Of a people Ac 7:17. Of a house εἰς ναόν Eph 2:21. Of the word of God Ac 6:7; 12:24; 19:20 (on the theme of growth s. DBalch, SBLSP ’89, 354; cp. Polyb. 6, 43, 2). αὐ. τὴν αὔξησιν Col 2:19; ἔν τινι 2 Pt 3:18; αὐ. εἰς Χριστόν grow up into (union w.) Christ Eph 4:15. Abs. Mt 20:28 v.l. = Agr 22; ὡ̣ς … αὔξι̣ν̣ [=αὔξειν] … τὴν̣ ψ̣υ̣χ̣ὴν τοῦ Παῦλου so that … Paul’s spirits rose AcPl Ha 6, 10. Of Jesus increase J 3:30. This is usu. considered a direct ref. to success in attracting followers, but αὐ. can also be used of the increase of sunlight (Calendarium of Antiochus [c. 200 A.D.] on Dec. 25 Ἡλίου γενέθλιον• αὔξει φῶς [FBoll, SBHeidAk 1910, 16; Abh. p. 40ff]; Cosmas of Jerusalem [FCumont, Natalis Invicti: Extr. des compt. rend. de l’Ac. des Inscr. et Bell. Lett. 1911, 292f]). Cp. 3:19–21, where φῶς occurs five times, and marks the leading concept. May this not also be true of 3:30? At any rate the Gk. and Lat. fathers understood 3:30 in the solar sense. S. also on ἐλαττοῦσθαι and s. ENorden, D. Geburt des Kindes 1924, 99–112.—DELG s.v. αὔξω. M-M. TW.