αὐξάνω

Matthew 6:28 αὐξάνουσιν· they grow;

And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.

Here: Present tense: they keep growing, silently and without effort. Their growth comes from God, not from their own work.

Matthew 13:32 αὐξηθῇ, it may be grown,

Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

Here: Aorist passive subjunctive: 'once it has grown' (or 'has been made to grow'). The passive form of this verb often just means 'grow', but it fits the biblical idea that growth is given, not made (cf. 1 Cor 3:6–7).

Mark 4:8 αὐξανόμενα increasing

Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”

Here: Present participle, 'growing,' going on and on. The neuter plural ending fits 'others' (the seeds) better than 'fruit' (masculine). So it is the seeds that keep coming up and growing.

Luke 1:80 ηὔξανεν was continuing to grow

And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.

Here: Imperfect tense: 'kept growing'. One verb covers years of steady physical growth up to adulthood. Luke uses the same verb for the growth of the word of God in Acts (6:7; 12:24).

Luke 2:40 ηὔξανεν was continuing to grow

And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.

Here: An imperfect tense, describing ongoing action: 'kept growing'. It means ordinary bodily growth over years, the language used for plants and children.

Luke 12:27 αὐξάνει· they grow:

Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

Luke 13:19 ηὔξησεν it grew

It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”

Here: Told in the past tense as a completed event. Luke recounts the growth as a finished story rather than describing a process, as Mark does.

John 3:30 αὐξάνειν, to increase,

He must increase; I must decrease.

Here: "To grow." The word is used of plants, children, crowds and a spreading message. The present tense pictures growth that keeps going. Here it means Jesus' following and public standing. In verse 26 John's disciples complain that "everyone is going to him."

Acts 6:7 ηὔξανεν, was increasing,

So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.

Here: A verb for the growth of plants and children. The past tense here describes something ongoing: the word 'kept growing', like seed taking root. It echoes Genesis, 'be fruitful and multiply'.

Acts 7:17 ηὔξησεν increased

As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.

Acts 12:24 ηὔξανεν was continuing to grow

But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.

Here: "Kept growing." Greek used this verb for plants, children and populations. The past tense here (the imperfect) describes ongoing action, so this is steady growth over time, not one sudden burst.

Acts 19:20 ηὔξανεν was continuing to increase

So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.

Here: A word for growth in plants and living things. The imperfect tense means ongoing action: 'kept on growing'. It points to spread in reach and in number of believers.

1 Corinthians 3:6 ηὔξανεν· was [it] growing;

I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

Here: 'Was making it grow.' Here the verb takes an object: God makes the plant grow. It is in the imperfect tense, which presents an action as ongoing. That stands apart from the two finished verbs before it. Growth was happening the whole time, through both men's work.

1 Corinthians 3:7 αὐξάνων giving growth —

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

Here: Used here in its active sense, "making something grow". The present tense describes what God goes on doing, as a role, and it echoes the imperfect "was making it grow" in verse 6. The life and growth of the plant come from God alone.

2 Corinthians 9:10 αὐξήσει will increase

Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.

Here: 'He will make grow'. This is the farming word for a crop growing. Elsewhere Paul says God alone gives the growth (1 Cor 3:6–7).

2 Corinthians 10:15 αὐξανομένης increasing

Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,

Ephesians 2:21 αὔξει is increasing

In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

Here: A word for living things, deliberately applied to a building. The structure grows like a body or a plant, and the present tense means it is still growing.

Ephesians 4:15 αὐξήσωμεν we may grow up

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

Here: The main verb, 'we may grow', still governed by the 'so that' (hina) that opens verse 14: the purpose of Christ's gifts of leaders (vv. 11–12) is that the church stop being infants and grow. The tense views the growth as a whole, completed outcome, not a moment.

Colossians 1:6 αὐξανόμενον increasing

that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.

Here: "Growing": spreading and increasing, as a plant grows larger and new plants spring up. Fruit-bearing is the quality of the crop; growing is how far it spreads.

Colossians 1:10 αὐξανόμενοι growing

so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,

Here: Ongoing growth. The form can simply mean 'growing'. It can also be read as 'being made to grow', which fits 2:19, where the body 'grows with the growth that comes from God'.

Colossians 2:19 αὔξει it increases

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.

Here: Present tense: the body keeps on growing. This is organic growth, the way a living body matures, not something added from outside.

1 Peter 2:2 αὐξηθῆτε you may grow up

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

Here: 'You may grow.' The form is passive, but in Greek of this period the passive of this verb often just means 'grow'. It may hint that growth is something given, but that should not be pressed. It continues the image of a baby growing up on milk.

2 Peter 3:18 αὐξάνετε do grow

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

Here: A present-tense command, 'keep on growing'. It is the image of a living plant or a child getting bigger, and it answers verse 17's picture of being swept off your footing.