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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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Ezekiel 36:30
And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 36:30 · retained source text

And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that yee shall receiue no more reproch of famine among the heathen.

Ezekiel 36:37
Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 36:37 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD God, I wil yet for this bee enquired of by the house of Israel, to doe it for them: I will increase them with men like a flocke.

Ezekiel 48:18
And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 48:18 · retained source text

And the residue in length ouer against the oblation of the holy portion, shalbe ten thousand Eastward, and ten thousand Westward: and it shall be ouer against the oblation of the holy portion, and the increase thereof shall bee for food vnto them that serue the citie.

Daniel 11:39
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 11:39 · retained source text

Thus shall hee doe in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule ouer many, and shall diuide the land for gaine.

1611 marginal noteHeb. fortresses of munitions.

1611 marginal noteHeb. a price

Hosea 4:10
For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Hosea 4:10 · retained source text

For they shall eate, and not haue enough: they shall commit whordome, and shall not increase, because they haue left off to take heed to the LORD.

Zechariah 8:12
For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 8:12 · retained source text

For the seed shalbe prosperous: the Uine shall giue her fruit, and the ground shall giue her increase, and the heauens shall giue their dew, and I will cause the remnant of this people to possesse all these things.

1611 marginal noteHebr. of peace.

Zechariah 10:8
I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Zechariah 10:8 · retained source text

I will hisse for them and gather them, for I haue redeemed them: and they shall increase as they haue increased.

Luke 17:5
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
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1611 witness · Luke 17:5 · retained source text

And the Apostles said vnto the Lord, Increase our faith.

John 3:30
He must increase, but I must decrease.
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1611 witness · John 3:30 · retained source text

Hee must increase, but I must decrease.

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