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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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 47:24

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Job 8:7
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Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
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Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

Job 20:28
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The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
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The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

Job 31:12
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For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
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For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would roote out all mine encrease.

Complete reference index — all 87 verses
Genesis 47:24Leviticus 19:25Leviticus 25:7Leviticus 25:12Leviticus 25:16Leviticus 25:20Leviticus 25:36Leviticus 25:37Leviticus 26:4Leviticus 26:20Numbers 18:30Numbers 32:14Deuteronomy 6:3Deuteronomy 7:13Deuteronomy 7:22Deuteronomy 14:22Deuteronomy 14:28Deuteronomy 16:15Deuteronomy 26:12Deuteronomy 28:4Deuteronomy 28:18Deuteronomy 28:51Deuteronomy 32:13Deuteronomy 32:22Judges 6:4Judges 9:291 Samuel 2:331 Chronicles 27:231 Chronicles 27:272 Chronicles 31:52 Chronicles 32:28Ezra 10:10Nehemiah 9:37Job 8:7Job 20:28Job 31:12Psalms 44:12Psalms 62:10Psalms 67:6Psalms 71:21Psalms 73:12Psalms 78:46Psalms 85:12Psalms 107:37Psalms 115:14Proverbs 1:5Proverbs 3:9Proverbs 9:9Proverbs 13:11Proverbs 14:4Proverbs 18:20Proverbs 22:16Proverbs 28:28Ecclesiastes 5:10Ecclesiastes 5:11Ecclesiastes 6:11Isaiah 9:7Isaiah 29:19Isaiah 30:23Isaiah 57:9Jeremiah 2:3Jeremiah 23:3Ezekiel 5:16Ezekiel 18:8Ezekiel 18:13Ezekiel 18:17Ezekiel 22:12Ezekiel 34:27Ezekiel 36:11Ezekiel 36:29Ezekiel 36:30Ezekiel 36:37Ezekiel 48:18Daniel 11:39Hosea 4:10Zechariah 8:12Zechariah 10:8Luke 17:5John 3:301 Corinthians 3:61 Corinthians 3:72 Corinthians 9:10Ephesians 4:16Colossians 2:191 Thessalonians 3:121 Thessalonians 4:102 Timothy 2:16

Where “increase” appears

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Genesis1 occurrence
1 verseLeviticus9 occurrences
9 versesNumbers3 occurrences
2 versesDeuteronomy12 occurrences
12 versesJudges2 occurrences
2 verses1 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse1 Chronicles2 occurrences
2 verses2 Chronicles2 occurrences
2 versesEzra1 occurrence
1 verseNehemiah1 occurrence
1 verseJob3 occurrences
3 versesPsalms9 occurrences
9 versesProverbs8 occurrences
8 versesEcclesiastes3 occurrences
3 versesIsaiah4 occurrences
4 versesJeremiah2 occurrences
2 versesEzekiel11 occurrences
11 versesDaniel1 occurrence
1 verseHosea1 occurrence
1 verseZechariah2 occurrences
2 versesLuke1 occurrence
1 verseJohn1 occurrence
1 verse1 Corinthians2 occurrences
2 verses2 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verseEphesians1 occurrence
1 verseColossians1 occurrence
1 verse1 Thessalonians2 occurrences
2 verses2 Timothy1 occurrence
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