Joshua 3:7
And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
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Magnify
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Romans 11:13
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
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5 occurrences in 5 verses.
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גָּדַל
gâdal · gaw-dal'
15 times translated as this KJV form118 total Strong's occurrences
to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
Strong's KJV usage: advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, be(-come, do, give, make, wax), great(-er, come to... estate, things), grow(up), increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass, promote, proudly (spoken), tower.
Strong's first: Joshua 3:7Strong's last: Zechariah 12:7
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megalýnō · meg-al-oo'-no
2 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to make (or declare) great, i.e. increase or (figuratively) extol
Strong's KJV usage: :--enlarge, magnify, shew great.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 1:46Strong's last: Acts 10:46
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doxázō · dox-ad'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form72 total Strong's occurrences
to render (or esteem) glorious (in a wide application)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(make) glorify(-ious), full of (have) glory, honour, magnify.
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Strong's first: Romans 11:13Strong's last: Romans 11:13
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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.
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Strong's first: Job 36:24Strong's last: Job 36:24
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H1431
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
H1431
The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
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magnify
MAGNIFY, verb transitive [Latin magnifico; magnus, great, and facio, to make.]
1. To make great or greater; to increase the apparent dimensions of a body. A convex lens magnifies the bulk of a body to the eye.
2. To make great in representation; to extol; to exalt in description or praise. The embassador magnified the king and queen.
3. To extol; to exalt; to elevate; to raise in estimation.
Thee that day
Thy thunders magnified.
The Lord magnified Solomon exceedingly. 1 Chronicles 29:1.
To magnify one's self, to raise in pride and pretensions.
He shall magnify in his heart. Daniel 8:25.
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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