Job 10:16
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
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Increaseth
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Colossians 2:19
And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
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6 occurrences in 6 verses.
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יָסַף
yâçaph · yaw-saf'
5 times translated as this KJV form215 total Strong's occurrences
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
Strong's KJV usage: add, × again, × any more, × cease, × come more, conceive again, continue, exceed, × further, × gather together, get more, give more-over, × henceforth, increase (more and more), join, × longer (bring, do, make, much, put), × (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, × yet, yield.
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Strong's first: Proverbs 11:24Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 1:18
Open full H3254 profile →רָבָה
râbâh · raw-baw'
5 times translated as this KJV form227 total Strong's occurrences
to increase (in whatever respect)
Strong's KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (× -antly), archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, × continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, × -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), × process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
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Strong's first: Proverbs 28:8Strong's last: Habakkuk 2:6
Open full H7235 profile →אָמַץ
ʼâmats · aw-mats'
1 times translated as this KJV form41 total Strong's occurrences
to be alert, physically (on foot) or mentally (in courage)
Strong's KJV usage: confirm, be courageous (of good courage, stedfastly minded, strong, stronger), establish, fortify, harden, increase, prevail, strengthen (self), make strong (obstinate, speed).
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Strong's first: Proverbs 24:5Strong's last: Proverbs 24:5
Open full H553 profile →גָּאָה
gâʼâh · gaw-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to mount up; hence, in general, to rise, (figuratively) be majestic
Strong's KJV usage: gloriously, grow up, increase, be risen, triumph.
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Strong's first: Job 10:16Strong's last: Job 10:16
Open full H1342 profile →עָלָה
ʻâlâh · aw-law'
1 times translated as this KJV form894 total Strong's occurrences
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
Strong's KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, × mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
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Strong's first: Psalms 74:23Strong's last: Psalms 74:23
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sâgâʼ · saw-gaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to grow, i.e. (causatively) to enlarge, (figuratively) laud
Strong's KJV usage: increase, magnify.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 12:23Strong's last: Job 12:23
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H7235
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
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increase
INCRE'ASE, verb intransitive [Latin incresco; in and cresco, to grow.]
1. To become greater in bulk or quantity; to grow; to augment; as plants. Hence, to become more in number; to advance in value, or in any quality good or bad. Animal and vegetable bodies increase by natural growth; wealth increases by industry; heat increases, as the sun advances towards the meridian; a multitude increases by accession of numbers; knowledge increases with age and study; passion and enmity increase by irritation, and misery increases with vice.
The Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another. 1 Thessalonians 3:12.
2. To become more violent; as, the fever increases; the pain increases; cold, wind or a storm increases.
3. To become more bright or vivid; as, the light increases.
4. To swell; to rise.
The waters increased and bore up the ark. Genesis 7:17.
5. To swell; to become louder, as sound.
6. To become of more esteem and authority.
He must increase but I must decrease. John 3:30.
7. To enlarge, as the enlightened part of the moon's disk.
INCRE'ASE, verb transitive To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity or amount; as, to increase wealth or treasure; to increase a sum or value.
1. To advance in quality; to add to any quality or affection; as, to increase the strength of moral habits; to increase love, zeal or passion.
2. To extend; to lengthen; as, to increase distance.
3. To extend; to spread; as, to increase fame or renown.
4. To aggravate; as, to increase guilt or trespass.
INCRE'ASE, noun Augmentation; a growing larger; extension.
Of the increase of his government and peace, there shall be no end. Isaiah 9:7.
1. Increment; profit; interest; that which is added to the original stock.
Take thou no interest of him or increase; but fear thy God. Leviticus 25:7.
2. Produce, as of land.
Then shall the earth yield her increase Psalms 67:6.
3. Progeny; issue; offspring.
All the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age. 1 Samuel 2:33.
4. Generation.
5. The waxing of the moon; the augmentation of the luminous part of the moon, presented to the inhabitants of the earth.
Seeds, hair, nails, hedges and herbs will grow soonest, if set or cut in the increase of the moon.
6. Augmentation of strength or violence; as increase of heat, love or other passion; increase of force.
7. Augmentation of degree; as increase of happiness or misery.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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