Forms of the word

Dictionary
αὔξησις, εως, ἡ
Greek transliteration
auxēsis
Simplified transliteration
auxesis

Numbers

Strong's number
838
GK Number
890

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3e(5b)
Gloss
growth, increase
Definition
increase, growth, Eph. 4:16; Col. 2:19*

Greek-English Concordance for αὔξησις

Ephesians 4:16 from whom the whole body, joined and brought together by every supporting ligament, according to the working of each individual part, makes the body grow (auxēsin | αὔξησιν | acc sg fem) so that it builds itself up in love.
Colossians 2:19 That person is not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, nourished and held together grows with a growth (auxēsin | αὔξησιν | acc sg fem) that is from God.

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