'Becoming' in the Bible

By becoming a servant of other gods and worshipping them or the sun or the moon or all the stars of heaven, against my orders;

And the young Samuel, becoming older, had the approval of the Lord and of men.

And at that time, when Eli was resting in his place, (now his eyes were becoming clouded so that he was not able to see,)

And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves images of metal, and the image of Asherah, worshipping all the stars of heaven and becoming servants to Baal.

Was I not drained out like milk, becoming hard like cheese?

My face is red with weeping, and my eyes are becoming dark;

My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.

Have no fear, you beasts of the field, for the grass-lands of the waste are becoming green, for the trees are producing fruit, the fig-tree and the vine give out their strength.

And a great storm of wind came up, and the waves came into the boat, so that the boat was now becoming full.

To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:

But they had the idea that they would see him becoming ill, or suddenly falling down dead; but after waiting a long time, and seeing that no damage came to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god.

That I may have knowledge of him, and of the power of his coming back from the dead, and a part with him in his pains, becoming like him in his death;