51 occurrences

'Waxed' in the Bible

And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

Verse ConceptsHumourPeople Wearing OutSoliloquyThe Promise Of A BabysexHaving A Babysarah

for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah: and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it.

Verse ConceptsAngels as agents of judgmentSodom And GomorrahReprobatesGod Sending ProphetsOutcry

And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great.

Verse ConceptsGrowth In WealthWealthy PeopleWealth And Prosperity

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalFilling PlacesBirth ControlPeople Multiplyingfruitfulness

And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

Verse ConceptsGod Doing GoodPeople Multiplying

And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

Verse ConceptsClimates, TypesThe SunGathering FoodHot Weather

And when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

Verse ConceptsSymbolsTrumpets For SignallingGod Answered

If thy brother be waxed poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of Possessionsethics, socialPoverty, Remedies ForRedemption, In Everyday Life

And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxed rich and find sufficient to redeem it;

And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee.

Verse ConceptsLiberalityethics, socialGenerosity, HumanGenerosity, Used TowardsLove To Others Shown InStrangersPoor PeopleLoving Foreigners

And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bond-servant.

Verse ConceptsSlavery, In OtPoor People

And if a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxed rich, and thy brother be waxed poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger or'sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family;

Verse ConceptsPoor People

or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be waxed rich, he may redeem himself.

Verse ConceptsGetting Rich

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Is Jehovah's hand waxed short? now shalt thou see whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

Verse ConceptsGod's HandGod's Weakness

And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxed old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxed old upon thy foot.

Verse ConceptsForty YearsClothingThe Number FortyGod's ProvisionShoes40 To 50 YearsThings Wearing OutGod Led Them Through The Wildernesswandering

For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxed fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.

Verse ConceptsFoodRejection Of GodTrust, Lack OfIngratitude To GodThe Promised LandDifferent GodsBreaking The CovenantMilk And Honey

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Verse ConceptsFatnessAbandonmentGod, The RockPerils Of LuxuryRiches, Dangers OfIngratitude To GodRiches, Can Lead ToSalvation, Illustrations OfInfidelity To GodFat PeopleKicking

And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.

Verse ConceptsNot Driving Them OutForced Labour

And it came to pass, when Israel was waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.

Verse ConceptsSlavery, In OtWarfare, Examples OfForced Labour

Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: and David waxed stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

Verse ConceptsDavid, Reign OfHousesWarfare, Examples OfWarfare, Nature OfWeakness, PhysicalStrong IndividualsWithout StrengthCivil WarWarBattle

And David waxed greater and greater; for Jehovah, the God of hosts, was with him.

Verse ConceptsPower, HumanGod With Specific PeoplePowerful Individuals

And the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David waxed faint;

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahTirednessTired In ActivityFighting EnemiesstruggleWarBattleResolving Conflict

And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon him; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.

Verse ConceptsPersonal ContactLaying On Hands To HealWarmingEyes Cared ForOther References To Mouths

And David waxed greater and greater; for Jehovah of hosts was with him.

Verse ConceptsPower, Human

But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

Verse ConceptsPolygamyFourteenTwenty Some

And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.

Verse ConceptsCastlesThrift

But Jehoiada waxed old and was full of days, and he died; a hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attainment Of

And the Ammonites gave tribute to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt; for he waxed exceeding strong.

Verse ConceptsTaxationTributes

Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

Verse ConceptsClothingThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsThings Wearing OutGod Providing

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.

Verse ConceptsFameProvinces

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

Verse ConceptsCagesMen DeceivingGetting RichBirds

They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And EvilOrphansFat PeopleNot Helping The Poorprospering

Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to flee, and trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.

Verse ConceptsLabour PainsUnable To Do Other Thingsdamascus

And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land .

Verse ConceptsSouthGrowing UpHorns In Allegory

And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and some of the host and of the stars it cast down to the ground, and trampled upon them.

Verse ConceptsHost Of HeavenAffecting Sun Moon And StarsPutting Things Down

And now will I show thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and when he is waxed strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.

Verse ConceptsAffirmationsThree MenFractions, One FourthFourthStrong IndividualsThe Rich Lording ItWealthy People

At their presence the peoples are in anguish; all faces are waxed pale.

Verse ConceptsVision

She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale.

Verse ConceptsBodyKneesExpressions On FacesLosing CourageOther References To The Heart

For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.

Verse ConceptsDeafnessConversion, examples ofHardened HeartsEyes, Figurative UseEarsHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedIndifferenceWilful IgnoranceInsensibilityDullnessSpiritual DeafnessNature Of The HeartTurning To GodRefusing To HearEvil EyesNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsBeing Without UnderstandingFeelingGod HealsUnhearing

For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest, haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.

Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsLack Of DiscernmentHeart, Fallen And RedeemedIndifferenceInsensibilityDullnessNature Of The HeartRefusing To HearNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsBeing Without UnderstandingFeelingGod Heals

but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofInjuryInsultsMissionaries, Support ForSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfSuffering, Of BelieversPeople OpposedBeing StrongPeople Actually Doing EvilConflictBoldness

But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to God's peopledesiresdefeatDedication In NtRemarriageLimitations Of Youth

And the dragon waxed wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, that keep the commandments of God, and hold the testimony of Jesus:

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTOffspringSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InSubsequent Witness To ChristSigns Of The TimesSpiritual Offspring

For by the wine of the wrath of her fornication all the nations are fallen; and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth waxed rich by the power of her wantonness.

Verse ConceptsBabylonExcessdrinkingWineCommerceDelicaciesMetaphorical WineAll NationsThey Committed Immorality

How much soever she glorified herself, and waxed wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall in no wise see mourning.

Verse ConceptsBabylonProud HeartsFalse ConfidenceHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPride, Examples OfQueensTortureWidowsArrogance, Characterizes The WickedNot MourningGod Troubling

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
γηράσκω 
Gerasko 
be old , wax old
Usage: 1

καταστρηνιάω 
Katastreniao 
Usage: 1

κραταιόω 
Krataioo 
Usage: 4

παλαιόω 
Palaioo 
Usage: 3

παῤῥησιάζομαι 
Parrhesiazomai 
Usage: 9

παχύνω 
Pachuno 
Usage: 1

πλουτέω 
Plouteo 
be rich , be made rich , rich , wax rich , be increased with goods
Usage: 9

προκόπτω 
Prokopto 
Usage: 5

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