noun · feminine
auxēsias
Greekαὔξησις (auxēsis)
Strong’sG838
increasing, increase, growth
stem auxēsi-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** αὔξησις, -εως, ἡ
(< αὔξω), [in LXX: II Mac 5:16*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G838 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidowx'-ay-sis
growth
Fromfrom G837;
King Jamesincrease.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | auxēsias | auxēsiais |
| object accusative | auxēsian2×αὔξησιν | auxēsiain |
| direct address vocative | auxēsiar | auxēsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | auxēsiau | auxēsiaiu |
| to, for dative | auxēsia | auxēsiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
auxēsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
auxēsian“growth”objectaccusative singular2×
Ephesians 4:16“growth”ek hou pantem tem sōmem sunarmologirōtem kai sumbibazirōtem dia pantau hafau tau epichorēgiau kata energeian en metre heneu hekasteu mereu tan auxēsian teu sōmeu poietō eis oikodoman heauteu en agapa.From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.
Colossians 2:19“growth”kai ouk kratarōtos tan kefalan, ek hou pantem tem sōmem dia taiu hafaiu kai sundesmoiu epichorēgirōtem kai sumbibazirōtem auxatō tan auxēsian tou theou.He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.