'Increasing' in the Bible

The flood waters continued to surge, increasing throughout the earth, while the ark floated on the surface of the flood water.

Ezra the priest stood up and spoke to them, "You have sinned by marrying foreign wives, thereby increasing the transgressions of Israel.

Surely she lies in wait like a bandit, increasing those who are faithless among mankind.

I acquired male and female slaves, and had other slaves born in my house. I also acquired for myself increasing numbers of herds and flocks more than anyone who had lived before me in Jerusalem.