214 occurrences in 12 translations

'Grow' in the Bible

And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Verse ConceptsKnowledge Of Good And EvilSprouting PlantsMetaphorical TreesKnowingSproutingBeauty Of ThingsFood DefinedKnowing Right And WrongHealing Of NationsAdam and eve disobey godnatural LifeBeauty Of NatureThe Beauty Of Nature

“Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;And you will eat the plants of the field;

Verse ConceptsCondemnation, Examples OfBarren, LandThistlesThornsFood DefinedHerbs

and the man became rich, and continued to grow richer until he became very wealthy;

Verse ConceptsGrowth In WealthWealthy PeopleWealth And Prosperity

You will live by your sword but you will serve your brother. When you grow restless, you will tear off his yoke from your neck."

Verse ConceptsNecksRestlessnessYokesSubjectionServing IndividualsPeople Releasing Othersdominion

Live with us anywhere you want. Live, trade, and grow rich in it."

Verse ConceptsTradeLiving In The LandProperty

The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

Verse ConceptsPeople Naming PeopleAngels Looking After PeopleAngels Providing ProtectionMay God Bless!

Come on, let's be careful how we treat them, so that when they grow numerous, if a war breaks out they won't join our enemies, fight against us, and leave our land."

Verse ConceptsOppression, Nature OfPersecution, Forms OfShrewdnessFalse WisdomExodusPrinciples Of WarNetworkingImmigrants

They'll cover the surface of the land so a person cannot see the ground, and they'll eat what is left for you of the residue from the hail. They'll also eat all your trees that grow in the orchards.

Verse ConceptsCovering The EarthRemaining FoodAnimals EatingHarming Trees

and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

Verse ConceptsEmotions, Shown By GodGod KillingGod KillsGod Will Be Angry

Aaron said, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.

Verse ConceptsKnowing PeopleGod's People Sinning

The fiftieth year is to be a year of jubilee for you. You are not to sow or harvest the spilled kernels that grow of themselves or pick grapes from the untrimmed vines

Verse ConceptsLaws About AgricultureReaping What You Sow

If thy brother grow poor, and sell of his possession, then shall his redeemer, his nearest relation, come and redeem that which his brother sold.

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

And if thy brother grow poor, and he be fallen into decay beside thee, then thou shalt relieve him, be he stranger or sojourner, that he may live beside thee.

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

And if thy brother grow poor beside thee, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

Verse ConceptsSlavery, In OtPoor People

And if a stranger or sojourner become wealthy beside thee, and thy brother beside him grow poor, and sell himself unto the stranger, who is settled by thee, or to a scion of the stranger's family,

Verse ConceptsPoor People

All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no rasor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

Verse ConceptsHairsShavingRazorsLong ThingsCutting HairDedicationHairdreadlocks

The Lord your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to them quickly, for the wild beasts would grow too numerous for you.

Verse ConceptsInvasionsGraduallyWild Beasts SubduedThe Lord Will Drive Them OutGradual Conquest Of The Land

and your herds and flocks grow large, and your silver and gold multiply, and everything else you have increases,

Verse ConceptsSilverAnimals MultiplyingGetting Rich

Your sons and daughters will be given to another people, while your eyes grow weary looking for them every day. But you will be powerless to do anything.

Verse ConceptsPower, HumanPowerlessnessPeople's Inability To SaveChildren SufferingUnable To Save

'All its land is brimstone and salt left by fire, {none of its land will be sown}, and it will not make plants sprout out and it will not grow any vegetation; [it is] as the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Adman and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overturned in his anger and in his wrath.'

Verse ConceptsBrimstoneCities of the plainMineralsSodom And GomorrahSulphurWasteEcological ConcernsGod Angry With The NationsSourness

because after I've brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey that I promised to their ancestors by an oath, they'll eat, grow fat, and then they'll turn to other gods and serve them, while despising me and breaking my covenant.

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

and the wife of Gilead beareth to him sons, and the wife's sons grow up and cast out Jephthah, and say to him, 'Thou dost not inherit in the house of our father; for son of another woman art thou.'

Verse ConceptsHalf brothers

would you be willing to wait for them to grow up? Would you restrain yourselves from remarrying? No, my daughters, my life is much too bitter for you to share, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me.”

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodGrowing UpPeople WaitingNot MarryingWaiting Till Marriage

The LORD took note of Hannah, and she became pregnant and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel continued to grow, and the LORD was constantly with him.

Verse ConceptsGrace, In OtGrowing UpThree ChildrenConceptionGod Visiting

But they would not follow the advice of their father; for the LORD wanted to put them to death. But the boy Samuel continued to grow both physically and in favor with the LORD and the people.

Verse ConceptsAdulthoodBecoming An AdultChildren, Good KidsDevelopmentGrowthMaturity, PhysicalMiddle AgePleasing GodSpiritual VitalityDivine FavourSpiritual GrowthGrowing UpRaising ChildrenGrowingFavorGodly Man

Any of you whom I don't eliminate from serving at my altar will grow tired from weeping, and their souls will grieve. All the increase of your family will die by violence.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfSorrowUnhappinessWeepingDeath As Punishment

And it came to pass at that time, when Eli lay in his place (now his eyes began to grow dim, he could not see),

Verse ConceptsVisionDimness Of VisionLying Down To Rest

Samuel continued to grow, and the Lord was with him. None of his prophecies fell to the ground unfulfilled.

Verse ConceptsChildren, Good KidsChildren, Good Examples OfGrowing UpGod With Specific PeopleMan's Words Fulfilledmanhood

After this, a state of protracted war existed between Saul's dynasty and David's dynasty, and the dynasty of David continued to grow and become strong while the dynasty of Saul continued to grow weaker.

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

When this was reported to David, he sent someone to meet them, since they were deeply humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back; then return.”

Verse ConceptsFacial HairHair GrowingWaiting Till Marriage

Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.

Verse ConceptsCovenant breakersCovenant, God's with DavidRegretSecurityThe Eternal CovenantLater Covenants With GodAbsence Of RegretGod's Covenant Is Everlasting

He described trees everything from cedars that grow in Lebanon to hyssop that grows on a garden wall. He described animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

Verse ConceptsCedarHyssopPlantsRelation Of Animals To ManBeauty Of NatureFishPets

Then he approached the child and lay down with his mouth near the child's, with his eyes near those of the child, and taking the child's hands in his. As Elisha stretched himself on the child, the child's flesh began to grow warm.

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

"This is what the LORD says: "Never be afraid of the words that you have heard by which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. Look! I'm going to cause an attitude to grow within him so that he'll hear a rumor and return to his own territory, where I'll make him die by the sword in his own land!"'"

Verse ConceptsRumoursSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfKilling Will Happenrumors

while their inhabitants, lacking strength, stand dismayed and confused. They were like vegetation out in the fields, and like green herbs just as grass that grows on a housetop dries out before it can grow.

Verse ConceptsColors, GreenPlantsTendernessWicked Described AsScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.

Verse ConceptsProphetic SignsSigns From GodVineyardPlanting VineyardsCultivationLiteral PlantingReapingFallow Land

It was reported to David about his men, so he sent messengers to meet them, since the men were deeply humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back; then return.”

Verse ConceptsCutting HairTrimming Facial HairHair Growing

The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and made cedar trees as plentiful as sycamore trees that grow in the Shephelah.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialCedarGoldSilverSycamores

but Abijah continued to grow more powerful. He took fourteen wives for himself and fathered 22 sons and sixteen daughters.

Verse ConceptsPolygamyFourteenTwenty Some

Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

Verse ConceptsNeglecting Duties

All of them were wanting to scare us, supposing, "Their hands will grow slack from the work, and it won't get done." So now, strengthen my hands!

Verse ConceptsInferiorityWeakness, PhysicalWork, Divine And HumanSeeking God's StrengthFear Of EnemiesStaying StrongWeaknessResolving ConflictFinishing Strongtrying

"Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes didn't grow old, and their feet didn't swell.

Verse ConceptsClothingThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsThings Wearing OutGod Providing

May its morning stars grow dark.May it wait for daylight but have none;may it not see the breaking of dawn.

Verse ConceptsTwilightDaybreakDarkness During DaytimeUntil DaybreakDarkening Sun Moon And Stars

For distress does not grow out of the soil,and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

Verse ConceptsGod Appointed AfflictionsHardship

Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

Verse ConceptsPlantsReedsMarshesPlants Growing Up

Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

Verse ConceptsCreatures From Dust

If its roots grow old in the groundand its stump starts to die in the soil,

The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterThings Wearing OutWithout Hope

He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

Verse ConceptsTransient WealthDrawbacks To Riches

This will be accomplished before his time; his branches won't grow luxuriant.

Verse ConceptsBranches, Figurative UsesGreen

Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.

Verse ConceptsProgressSpiritual VitalitySpiritual ProgressPersevering To The EndMoving On

Though he grow as tall as the sky, or though his head touches the clouds,

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural Use

Their children grow up while they're alive, and they live to see their grandchildren.

Verse ConceptsChildren Blessed

They grow old in prosperity, as they descend peacefully into the afterlife.

Verse ConceptsDeath Of The WickedSudden DeathThe Wicked ProsperWealth And Prosperity

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

Verse ConceptsThistlesThornsLast WordsWeed

Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

Verse ConceptsGrowing Up

My eyes are swollen from grief;they grow old because of all my enemies.

Verse ConceptsEyes, Affected ByEyes Harmedgrieving

Have mercy on me, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfSorrowUnhappinessTearsEyes Harmedgrieving

You saturate its furrows, and soak its plowed ground. With rain showers you soften its soil, and make its crops grow.

Verse ConceptsFurrowsShowersSoftnessGod BlessesChange And Growth

Let their eyes grow too dim to see,and let their loins continually shake.

Verse ConceptsBackGroups TremblingGod Blinding

When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; my hands were raised at night and they did not grow weary. I refused to be comforted.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofNo ComfortHealing And ComfortOvercoming Hard TimesGetting Through Hard TimesFeeling Lostproblemssoultired

so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.

Verse ConceptsFuture GenerationsThis GenerationInformation AgeThe FutureRaising ChildrenResponsibilityChange And GrowthChild Of Godlegacytraininginvesting

the root your right hand planted, the shoot you made to grow!

Verse ConceptsRight Hand Of GodPlanting Vineyards

My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O Lord, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.

Verse ConceptsDaily DutyUnceasingEyes HarmedAlways PrayingI Pray

Planted in the Lord's house, they grow in the courts of our God.

Verse ConceptsWe Live With GodGardens

They shall perish, but thou continuest; and all of them shall grow old as a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed.

Verse ConceptsDecayClothing The EarthClean ClothesThings Wearing OutAbrasion

He waters the mountains from the upper rooms of his palace; the earth is full of the fruit you cause to grow.

Verse ConceptsSatisfactionStoring

My eyes grow weary looking for Your salvationand for Your righteous promise.

Verse ConceptsEyes HarmedGod's Word Is Righteous

There I will make a horn grow for David;I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.

Verse ConceptsHornsHorns VictoriousPowerful IndividualsGrowing

Then our sons will be like plants, that quickly grow to full size. Our daughters will be like corner pillars, carved like those in a palace.

Verse ConceptsArtPillarsYouthMetaphorical PillarsPlants Growing UpChildren Are A BlessingGrowingWomen's Strengthstructure

May our cattle grow heavy with young, with no damage or loss. May there be no cry of anguish in our streets!

Verse ConceptsBattering ramsCitizenshipAnimal ReproductionOutcryComplaints

As the wicked grow powerful, transgression increases, but the righteous will observe their downfall.

Verse ConceptsEvil AssociationsDownfallrebellion

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombUnborn FetusesBonesNot Knowing HowNot Knowing WheremomsTrusting God's PlanDirectionGrowingMotherhoodChange And GrowthMoralityHaving A BabybabystructureThe Complexity Of Nature

before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseLooking Through WindowsOvertaken By DarknessDarkening Sun Moon And StarsSunshineThe Moon

when that day comes, the palace guards will tremble, strong men will stoop down, women grinders will cease because they are few, and the sight of those who peer through the lattice will grow dim.

Verse ConceptsFeeblenessDimness Of VisionDentistryTeethLooking Through WindowsTremblingGrinding FoodEyes HarmedFew ThingsGrowingWeather In The Last Days

the doors at the street are shutwhile the sound of the mill fades;when one rises at the sound of a bird,and all the daughters of song grow faint.

Verse ConceptsNatural DeafnessWakefulnessShutting DoorsGrinding FoodFaintnessBird SoundsSingersHabitual Getting Uprelaxation

and they are afraid of heights and the dangers in the street; the almond blossoms grow white, and the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper berry shrivels up -- because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets --

Verse ConceptsGrasshoppersFeeblenessMournersAlmond TreesAcrophobiaSlownessWhite HairMourning DeathCondition Of The SpiritFear Will Comeenergymarketing

“I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,He who feeds his flock among the lilies.”

Verse ConceptsPeople Possessing Other ThingsRomancebelonginglovers

I will make it a wasteland.It will not be pruned or weeded;thorns and briers will grow up.I will also give orders to the cloudsthat rain should not fall on it.

Verse ConceptsBriersAgriculture, TermsPruningCommands, in OTdrought, physicalRainCultivationLack Of RainFallow Land

"At that time, every place where once there were a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briars and thorns will grow.

Verse ConceptsCoinageVinesWeedsA Thousand Things

{His dominion will grow continually, and to peace there will be no end} on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and sustain it with justice and righteousness now and forever. The zeal of Yahweh of hosts will do this.

Verse ConceptsIncreaseCovenant, God's with DavidGod, Zeal OfLeaders, PoliticalNewsThroneJusticeChrist's DominionMessianic PropheciesTime Of Peace

And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

Verse ConceptsChristmasBranches, Figurative UsesRemnantRiddlesStumps Of A TreeMessianic Prophecies

Therefore all hands will grow slack, and every human heart will melt,

Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanHuman EmotionLosing Courage

Don't be so happy, all you Philistines, just because the club that beat you has been broken! For a viper will grow out of the serpent's root, and its fruit will be a darting adder.

Verse ConceptsPoisonRootsSerpentsSnakesBreaking SticksLack Of RejoicingThose Flying

In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

Verse ConceptsReapingPlanting Seeds

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּדל 
Gadal 
magnify , great , grow , nourish up , grow up , greater ,
Usage: 115

ספיח 
Caphiyach 
Usage: 5

צמח 
Tsamach 
Usage: 33

αὐξάνω 
Auxano 
grow , increase , give the increase , grow up
Usage: 17

גּאה 
Ga'ah 
Usage: 7

גּדל 
Gadel 
Usage: 4

דּגה 
Dagah 
Usage: 1

חלף 
Chalaph 
change , pass , renew , strike through , grow up , abolish , sprout again , alter , pass away , cut off , go on , pass on , over
Usage: 28

חנה 
Chanah 
pitch , encamp , camp , pitch ... tent , abide , dwelt , lie , rested , grows to an end
Usage: 143

יצק 
Yatsaq 
Usage: 53

לקשׁ 
Leqesh 
Usage: 2

פּוּשׁ 
Puwsh 
Usage: 4

פּרה 
Parah 
Usage: 29

פּרח 
Parach 
Usage: 37

קמה 
Qamah 
Usage: 10

רבה 
R@bah (Aramaic) 
Usage: 6

שׂגא 
S@ga' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

שׂגה 
Sagah 
Usage: 4

שׂוּג 
Suwg 
make to grow
Usage: 1

שׁלף 
Shalaph 
draw , pluck off , grow up
Usage: 25

ἀναβαίνω 
Anabaino 
go up , come up , ascend , ascend up , climb up , spring up , grow up , come , enter , arise , rise up , , vr ascend
Usage: 63

μηκύνω 
mekuno 
grow up
Usage: 0

συναυξάνω 
sunauxano 
Usage: 0

ὑπεραυξάνω 
Huperauxano 
Usage: 1

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