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Definition and General Overview:
The concept of "increasing" in the Bible often refers to growth, multiplication, or enhancement in various aspects of life, including spiritual maturity, wisdom, faith, and material blessings. It is a theme that underscores God's desire for His people to flourish and expand in accordance with His will and purposes.

Biblical Context:
1. Spiritual Growth and Maturity:
The New Testament frequently emphasizes the importance of increasing in spiritual knowledge and maturity. In Colossians 1:10, Paul prays for the believers to "walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God." This verse highlights the expectation for believers to continually grow in their understanding and relationship with God.

2. Faith and Love:
The apostle Paul commends the Thessalonians for their increasing faith and love. In 2 Thessalonians 1:3, he writes, "We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love each of you has for one another is increasing." This demonstrates that growth in faith and love is a sign of a healthy Christian community.

3. Wisdom and Understanding:
Proverbs 9:9 states, "Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning." This verse underscores the value of wisdom and the continuous pursuit of knowledge and understanding as a lifelong endeavor.

4. Material and Physical Blessings:
The Bible also speaks of increasing in terms of material blessings. In Genesis 26:12-13, Isaac's prosperity is described: "Now Isaac sowed seed in that land and reaped a hundredfold the same year. The LORD blessed him, and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy." This passage illustrates how God's blessing can lead to material increase.

5. The Kingdom of God:
The parables of Jesus often depict the Kingdom of God as something that starts small but increases significantly. In Matthew 13:31-32, Jesus compares the Kingdom to a mustard seed, "which a man took and planted in his field. Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches." This parable illustrates the expansive and transformative nature of God's Kingdom.

Theological Implications:
The concept of increasing is deeply rooted in the biblical narrative of God's covenantal promises and His desire for His people to experience growth and abundance. It reflects the dynamic nature of the Christian life, where believers are called to continually grow in their relationship with God, in their character, and in their impact on the world around them. The idea of increase is not merely about personal gain but is often tied to the broader purposes of God, including the expansion of His Kingdom and the fulfillment of His redemptive plan for humanity.

Practical Application:
Believers are encouraged to seek increase in their spiritual lives through prayer, study of the Scriptures, and active participation in the life of the church. They are also called to be stewards of the resources God has entrusted to them, using them to bless others and further God's Kingdom. The principle of increasing challenges Christians to live lives of purpose, continually seeking to grow in faith, love, and service.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Increase.

Greek

838. auxesis -- growth
... growth. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: auxesis Phonetic Spelling:
(owx'-ay-sis) Short Definition: increasing, increase, growth Definition ...
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4129. plethuno -- to increase, to be increased
... Word Origin from plethos Definition to increase, to be increased NASB Word Usage
fullest measure (1), increase (2), increased (1), increasing (1), multiplied (4 ...
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837. auxano -- to make to grow, to grow
... the growth (1), causing the growth (1), full grown (1), grew (1), grow (8), growing
(2), grows (2), increase (2), increased (2), increasing (2), spreading (1). ...
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4121. pleonazo -- to superabound, to make to abound
... to make to abound NASB Word Usage cause* (1), grows...greater (1), have too much
(1), increase (3), increased (1), increases (1), increasing (1), spreading (1 ...
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1743. endunamoo -- to empower
... Word Origin from en and dunamoo Definition to empower NASB Word Usage grew strong
(1), increasing in strength (1), strengthened (2), strengthens (1), strong (2 ...
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4298. prokopto -- to cut forward (a way), advance
... Word Origin from pro and kopto Definition to cut forward (a way), advance NASB Word
Usage advancing (1), almost gone (1), increasing (1), lead (1), make ...
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4369. prostithemi -- to put to, add
... 4314 , "towards, " and 5087 , "to set, lay down") -- properly, put together for
a ; to gather ("add up"), stressing the objective of the increasing ( for doing ...
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4052. perisseuo -- to be over and above, to abound
... 1), cause (1), cause* (1), excel (2), has an abundance (1), have an abundance (3),
have more than enough (1), having abundance (1), increasing (1), lavished (1 ...
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1865. epathroizo -- to assemble besides
... around. Word Origin from epi and athroizo (to assemble) Definition to assemble
besides NASB Word Usage increasing (1). accumulate. ...
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4137. pleroo -- to make full, to complete
... 1), fill (3), filled (16), fills (1), finished (1), fulfill (20), fulfilled (20),
fully carry (1), fully come (1), fully preached (1), increasing (1), made ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3254. yasaph -- to add
... 1), further (2), give (1), give you increase (1), grow (1), increase (4), increase
you a more (1), increased (6), increases (3), increasing (2), intensify (1 ...
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6282. athar -- suppliant, worshiper
... suppliant, thick From athar; incense (as increasing to a volume of smoke); hence
(from athar) a worshipper -- suppliant, thick. see HEBREW athar. ...
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4766. marbeh -- abundance
... great, increase. From rabah; properly, increasing; as noun, greatness, or (adverbially)
greatly -- great, increase. see HEBREW rabah. 4765, 4766. ...
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Library

Li the Law of Increasing Returns
... LI THE LAW OF INCREASING RETURNS. Matthew xxv.14-30. ... To the faithful in the few things
the many things are revealed. That is the law of increasing returns. ...
/.../peabody/mornings in the college chapel/li the law of increasing.htm

Are thy toils and woes increasing?
... Are thy toils and woes increasing? Methodius I, 836 ei kai ta paronta. Are thy
toils and woes increasing? Are the Foe's attacks unceasing? ...
/.../neale/hymns of the eastern church/are thy toils and woes.htm

A Pure Church an Increasing Church
... A PURE CHURCH AN INCREASING CHURCH. 'And the Lord added to the church
daily such as should be saved.'"Acts 2:47. 'And the Lord ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/a pure church an increasing.htm

On the Danger of Increasing Riches
... Third Series Sermon 126 On the Danger of Increasing Riches. "If riches increase,
set not thine heart upon them." Ps.62:10. 1. From ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 126 on the danger.htm

Increasing Progression of Enthusiasm and of Exaltation.
... CHAPTER XIX. INCREASING PROGRESSION OF ENTHUSIASM AND OF EXALTATION. It
is clear that such a religious society, founded solely on ...
/.../renan/the life of jesus/chapter xix increasing progression of.htm

His Increasing Disquiet.
... Book I. Chapter IV."His Increasing Disquiet. Being therefore straitened
in the discovery of things, I said to myself, Why do we ...
/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter iv his increasing disquiet.htm

From Dawn to Noon
... But what I wish rather to dwell upon is the other thought, the intention that every
Christian life should be a life of increasing lustre, uninterrupted, and ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/from dawn to noon.htm

In Our Last Chapter we Sought to Show that in Rev. . .
... An increasing number of Bible students are recognizing the fact that "the Lamb's
Wife," "the Bride" of Rev.19 and 21 also contemplates Israel rather than the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the antichrist/in our last chapter we.htm

Colossians i. 9, 10
... of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding; to walk worthily of the Lord
unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the ...
/.../homily ii colossians i 9.htm

The Recovery and Revival of the Blessed Hope Itself.
... pains or cost to obtain a knowledge of them, and under the blessing of God and the
guidance of His Spirit light upon this book is steadily increasing and its ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/pink/the redeemers return/1 the recovery and revival.htm

Thesaurus

Increasing (61 Occurrences)
... n.) of Increase. Multi-Version Concordance Increasing (61 Occurrences). Mark 4:8
Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. ...
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Ever-increasing (2 Occurrences)
Ever-increasing. Evergreen, Ever-increasing. Everlasting .
Multi-Version Concordance Ever-increasing (2 Occurrences). ...
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Crescent (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a
concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing ...
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Yielding (19 Occurrences)
... thirty.") (See NIV). Mark 4:8 Others fell into the good ground, and yielded
fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth ...
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Growing (31 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Grow. Multi-Version Concordance Growing (31 Occurrences). Mark 4:8
Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. ...
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Crescens (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Increasing, probably one of the seventy disciples
of Christ. He was one of Paul's assistants (2 Timothy ...
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Botany
... The increasing demands for fires by resident Europeans and the development of steam
mills, the result of European enterprise, are largely responsible. ...
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Uncontrolled (58 Occurrences)
... Job 34:37 For in addition to his sin, he is uncontrolled in heart; before our eyes
he makes sport of God, increasing his words against him. (BBE). ...
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Growth (77 Occurrences)
... 9:10 And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take
care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of ...
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Increaseth (21 Occurrences)

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Resources

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Increasing (61 Occurrences)

Mark 4:8
Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much."
(WEB ASV BBE DBY YLT RSV)

Mark 9:25
Then Jesus, seeing that an increasing crowd was running towards Him, rebuked the foul spirit, and said to it, "Dumb and deaf spirit, *I* command you, come out of him and never enter into him again."
(WEY)

Luke 2:40
The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
(See NAS)

Luke 2:52
And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.
(BBE NAS)

Luke 11:29
When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.
(See NAS RSV)

Acts 6:1
About this time, as the number of disciples was increasing, complaints were made by the Greek-speaking Jews against the Hebrews because their widows were habitually overlooked in the daily ministration.
(WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 6:7
And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.
(BBE)

Acts 7:17
But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,
(BBE)

Acts 9:22
But Saul went on increasing in power, and the Jews in Damascus were not able to give answers to the arguments by which he made it clear that Jesus was the Christ.
(BBE NAS)

Acts 12:24
But the word of the Lord went on increasing.
(BBE)

Acts 16:5
So the churches were made strong in the faith and were increased in number every day.
(See NAS)

Acts 19:20
so powerfully was the word of God increasing and prevailing.
(YLT)

2 Corinthians 9:10
And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;
(BBE)

2 Corinthians 10:15
not boasting out of measure in other people's labours, but having hope, your faith increasing, to be enlarged amongst you, according to our rule, yet more abundantly
(DBY YLT)

Colossians 1:6
For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God,
(WEY ASV NAS)

Colossians 1:10
that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
(WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Colossians 2:19
and not holding fast the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increasing with the increase of God.
(ASV)

2 Thessalonians 1:3
Unceasing thanks are due from us to God on your behalf, brethren. They are appropriate because your faith is growing greatly, and the love of every one of you for all the others goes on increasing.
(WEY RSV NIV)

2 Thessalonians 3:1
For the rest, my brothers, let there be prayer for us that the word of the Lord may go forward with increasing glory, even as it does with you;
(BBE)

2 Peter 1:2
May grace and peace ever be increasing in you, in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
(BBE)

2 Peter 1:8
If these things exist in you, and continually increase, they prevent your being either idle or unfruitful in advancing towards a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(See NAS NIV)

Genesis 6:1
And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,
(BBE)

Genesis 26:13
And his wealth became very great, increasing more and more;
(BBE)

Exodus 1:7
And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.
(BBE)

Exodus 5:5
And Pharaoh said, Truly, the people of the land are increasing in number, and you are keeping them back from their work.
(BBE)

Leviticus 13:22
And if it is increasing on the skin, the priest will say that he is unclean: it is a disease.
(BBE)

Numbers 32:14
And now you have come to take the place of your fathers, another generation of sinners, increasing the wrath of the Lord against Israel.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 7:13
And he will give you his love, blessing you and increasing you: he will send his blessing on the offspring of your body and the fruit of your land, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock, in the land which by his oath to your fathers he undertook to give you.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 28:63
And as the Lord took delight in doing you good and increasing you, so the Lord will take pleasure in cutting you off and causing your destruction, and you will be uprooted from the land which you are about to take as your heritage.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 30:5
Placing you again in the land of your fathers as your heritage; and he will do you good, increasing you till you are more in number than your fathers were.
(BBE)

Judges 4:24
And the power of the children of Israel went on increasing against Jabin, king of Canaan, till he was cut off.
(BBE)

2 Samuel 15:12
and Absalom sendeth Ahithophel the Gilonite, a counsellor of David, out of his city, out of Gilo, in his sacrificing sacrifices; and the conspiracy is strong, and the people are going and increasing with Absalom.
(YLT RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 11:17
So they went on increasing the power of the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, strong for three years; and for three years they went in the ways of David and Solomon.
(BBE)

Ezra 10:10
And Ezra the priest got to his feet and said to them, You have done wrong and taken strange women for your wives, so increasing the sin of Israel.
(BBE)

Job 1:10
Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the work of his hands, and increasing his cattle in the land?
(BBE)

Job 10:17
That you would send new witnesses against me, increasing your wrath against me, and letting loose new armies on me.
(BBE)

Job 12:23
Increasing nations, and sending destruction on them; making wide the lands of peoples, and then giving them up.
(BBE)

Job 21:7
"Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
(See NIV)

Job 34:37
For in addition to his sin, he is uncontrolled in heart; before our eyes he makes sport of God, increasing his words against him.
(BBE)

Job 35:16
And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.
(BBE)

Psalms 44:2
Uprooting the nations with your hand, and planting our fathers in their place; cutting down the nations, but increasing the growth of your people.
(BBE)

Psalms 71:14
But I will go on ever hoping, and increasing in all your praise.
(BBE)

Proverbs 22:16
He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.
(BBE)

Ecclesiastes 1:18
For in much wisdom is much vexation; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
(See NAS)

Ecclesiastes 2:9
And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.
(BBE)

Ecclesiastes 6:11
There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?
(BBE)

Isaiah 9:3
You have made them very glad, increasing their joy. They are glad before you as men are glad in the time of getting in the grain, or when they make division of the goods taken in war.
(BBE)

Isaiah 30:1
Ho! uncontrolled children, says the Lord, who give effect to a purpose which is not mine, and who make an agreement, but not by my spirit, increasing their sin:
(BBE)

Isaiah 40:29
He gives power to the feeble, increasing the strength of him who has no force.
(BBE)

Isaiah 64:11
In view of all this, will you still do nothing, O Lord? will you keep quiet, and go on increasing our punishment?
(BBE)

Jeremiah 33:6
Lo, I am increasing to it health and cure, And have healed them, and revealed to them The abundance of peace and truth.
(YLT)

Lamentations 2:5
The Lord has become like one fighting against her, sending destruction on Israel; he has sent destruction on all her great houses, making waste his strong places: increasing the grief and the sorrow of the daughter of Judah.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 16:25
You put up your high places at the top of every street, and made the grace of your form a disgusting thing, opening your feet to everyone who went by, increasing your loose ways.
(BBE NIV)

Ezekiel 16:26
And you went with the Egyptians, your neighbours, great of flesh; increasing your loose ways, moving me to wrath.
(BBE NIV)

Ezekiel 35:13
And you have made yourselves great against me with your mouths, increasing your words against me; and it has come to my ears.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 41:7
And for the side-chambers there was an enlarging, and it went round about the house increasing upward; for the surrounding of the house increased upward round about the house; therefore the house had width upward, and so ascended from the lower story to the upper, by the middle one.
(DBY)

Hosea 2:8
For she had no knowledge that it was I who gave her the grain and the wine and the oil, increasing her silver and gold which they gave to the Baal.
(BBE)

Hosea 4:7
Even while they were increasing in number they were sinning against me; I will let their glory be changed into shame.
(BBE)

Hosea 8:11
Because Ephraim has been increasing altars for sin, altars have become a cause of sin to him.
(BBE)

Hosea 12:1
Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt.
(BBE)

Amos 4:4
Come to Beth-el and do evil; to Gilgal, increasing the number of your sins; come with your offerings every morning and your tenths every three days:
(BBE)

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