Greek word · G4885

συναυξάνω

synauxanō

to grow together

To grow up together, increase side by side.

Appears once in the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

συν-αυξάνω

[in LXX: 2Ma.4:4, 4Ma.13:27 * ;]

to cause to increase or grow together. Pass., to grow together: Matthew 13:30 (Xen., al.).†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Matthew 13:30

Range of meaning

To grow up together, increase side by side.

Against the English

'Grow together' is exact.

Used elsewhere in the period

A rare compound word, found only here in the New Testament.

Where it appears

Matthew · 1

  1. Matthew 13:30 συναυξάνεσθαι to grow together

    Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

    Here: Found only here in the New Testament. It is present tense, so it pictures growth that goes on: the two plants mature side by side in the same soil, with their roots tangled together (v. 29).

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