αὐξάνω, and earlier (the only form in Pindar and Sophocles [Veitch, under the word says, 'Hesiod, Mimnermus, Sophocles, Thucydides always have
αὔξω or
ἀύξομαι, and Pindar except
ἀυξάνοι from 130 (Bergk)'])
αὔξω (
Ephesians 2:21;
Colossians 2:19); imperfect
ηὔξανον; future
αὐξήσω; 1 aorist
ηὔξησα; [passive, present
αὐξάνομαι]; 1 aorist,
1. transitive,
to cause to grow, to augment:
1 Corinthians 3:6;
2 Corinthians 9:10. Passive
to grow, increase, become greater:
Matthew 13:32;
Mark 4:8 L T Tr WH; 2 Corinthians 10:15;
Colossians 1:6 [not
Rec.];
εἰς τὴν ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ Θεοῦ unto the knowledge of God,
Colossians 1:10 (G L T Tr WH τῇ ἐπιγνώσει τοῦ θεοῦ);
εἰς σωτηρίαν [not
Rec.] to the attaining of salvation,
1 Peter 2:2.
2. according to later usage (from Aristotle, an. post. 1, 13, p. 78
b, 6, etc., down; but nowhere in the
Sept. [cf. Buttmann, 54 (47); 145 (127); Winers Grammar, § 38, 1]) intransitive,
to grow, increase: of plants,
Matthew 6:28;
Mark 4:8 Rec.;
Luke 12:27 [not
Tdf.; Tr marginal reading brackets
αὐξ.];
Luke 13:19; of infants,
Luke 1:80;
Luke 2:40; of a multitude of people,
Acts 7:17. of inward Christian growth:
εἰς Χριστόν, in reference to [Winer's Grammar, 397 (371); yet cf. Ellicott at the passage] Christ,
Ephesians 4:15;
εἰς ναόν, so as to form a temple,
Ephesians 2:21;
ἐν χάριτι,
2 Peter 3:18; with an accusative of the substance,
τὴν αὔξησιν,
Colossians 2:19 [cf. Winers Grammar, § 32, 2; Buttmann, § 131, 5, also Bp. Lightfoot's note at the passage]; of the external increase of the gospel it is said
ὁ λόγος ηὔξανε:
Acts 6:7;
Acts 12:24;
Acts 19:20; of the growing authority of a teacher and the number of his adherents (opposed to
ἐλαττοῦσθαι),
John 3:30. [Compare:
συν-,
ὑπεραυξάνω.]