Webster 1828 · headword: decrease
View source image ↗To become less; to be diminished gradually, in extent, bulk, quantity, or amount, or in strength, quality, or excellence.
KJV WORD
decrease
COMBINED MEANING
Meaning of decrease
To become less; to be diminished gradually, in extent, bulk, quantity, or amount, or in strength, quality, or excellence.
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Root: decrease
To become less; to be diminished gradually, in extent, bulk, quantity, or amount, or in strength, quality, or excellence.
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KJV CONCORDANCE
Every occurrence of “decrease”
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
Meaning here: To become less; to be diminished gradually, in extent, bulk, quantity, or amount, or in strength, quality, or excellence.
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Meaning here: To become less; to be diminished gradually, in extent, bulk, quantity, or amount, or in strength, quality, or excellence.