Dictionaries :: Grow

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Grow:

"to grow or increase," of the growth of that which lives, naturally or spiritually, is used

(a) transitively, signifying to make to increase, said of giving the increase, 1Cr 3:6, 7; 2Cr 9:10, the effect of the work of God, according to the analogy of His operations in nature;

(b) "to grow, become greater," e.g. of plants and fruit, Mat 6:28;

(c) used in the Passive Voice in Mat 13:32; Mar 4:8, "increase;"

(d) in the Active in Luk 12:27; 13:19; of the body, Luk 1:80; 2:40;

(e) of Christ, Jhn 3:30, "increase;"

(f) of the work of the Gospel of God, Act 6:7, "increased;" Act 12:24; 19:20;

(g) of people, Act 7:17; of faith, 2Cr 10:15 (Passive Voice), RV, "growth" (AV, "is increased");

(h) of believers individually, Eph 4:15; Col 1:6, RV, 10 (Passive Voice), "increasing;" 1Pe 2:2; 2Pe 3:18;

(i) of the church, Col 2:19; of churches, Eph 2:21.
See INCREASE.

Note: Cp. auxesis, "increase," Eph 4:16; Col 2:19.

Grow:

"to become or come to be," is translated "grow" in Act 5:24, of the development of apostolic work.
See ARISE, No. 5.

Notes:

(1) In Mat 21:19, for AV, "let (no fruit) grow," the RV, more strictly, has "let there be (no fruit)."

(2) In Hbr 11:24, ginomai is used with megas, "great," of Moses, lit., "had become great," RV, "had grown up" (AV, "had come to years").

Grow:

"to come or go," is translated "grew (worse)," in Mar 5:26.
See COME, No. 1.

Grow:

"to ascend," when used of plants, signifies "to grow up," Mar 4:7, 32; in Mar 4:8, of seed, "growing up," RV, AV, "that sprang up," (for the next word, "increasing," see No. 1).
See ARISE, No. 6.

Grow:

"to grow long, lengthen, extend" (from mekos, "length"), is used of the "growth" of plants, in Mar 4:27.

Note: Three different words are used in Mark 4 of the "growth" of plants, or seed, Nos. 1, 4, 5.

Grow:

"to increase beyond measure" (huper, "over," and No. 1), is used of faith and love, in their living and practical effects, 2Th 1:3. Lightfoot compares this verb and the next in the verse (pleonazo, "to abound") in that the former implies "an internal, organic growth, as of a tree," the latter "a diffusive or expansive character, as of a flood irrigating the land."

Grow:

"to grow together," is in Mat 13:30.

Grow:

"to produce," is rendered "grew" (Passive Voice) in Luk 8:6.
See SPRING.

Grow:

is used in Luk 8:7, RV, "grow with."