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increase

Meaning of “increase”

Sense 1: Growth, produce, yield, offspring, gain, or enlargement. Sense 2: To grow, multiply, add to, enlarge, or intensify.

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88 occurrences87 verses28 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 47:24

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Ecclesiastes 5:10
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 5:10 · retained source text

Hee that loueth siluer shall not be satisfied with siluer; nor he that loueth abundance, with increase: this is also vanitie.

Ecclesiastes 5:11
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 5:11 · retained source text

When goods increase, they are increased that eate them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, sauing the beholding of them with their eyes?

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