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wax

Meaning of “wax”

To grow, increase, or become.

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24 occurrences23 verses13 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 22:24

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Exodus 22:24
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 22:24 · retained source text

And my wrath shall waxe hote, and I will kill you with the sword: and your wiues shall be widowes, and your children fatherlesse.

Exodus 32:10
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 32:10 · retained source text

Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may waxe hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

Exodus 32:11
And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 32:11 · retained source text

And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doeth thy wrath ware hot against thy people, which thou hast brought foorth out of the land of Egypt, with great power, and with a mighty hand?

1611 marginal noteHebr. the face of the LORD.

1611 marginal notePsal. 106.25.

Exodus 32:22
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 32:22 · retained source text

And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord waxe hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischiefe.

Leviticus 25:47
¶ And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Leviticus 25:47 · retained source text

¶ And if a soiourner or stranger waxe rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him waxe poore, and sell himselfe vnto the stranger or soiourner by thee, or to the stocke of the strangers family:

1611 marginal noteHebr. his hand obteine, &c.

1 Samuel 3:2
And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 3:2 · retained source text

And it came to passe at that time, when Eli was layd downe in his place, and his eyes beganne to waxe dimme, that he could not see;

Job 6:17
What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 6:17 · retained source text

What time they waxe warme, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

1611 marginal noteHebr. they are cut off.

1611 marginal noteHebr. in the heat thereof.

1611 marginal noteHebr. extinguished.

Job 14:8
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 14:8 · retained source text

Though the roote thereof waxe old in the earth, and the stocke thereof die in the ground:

Psalms 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 22:14 · retained source text

I am powred out like water, and all my bones are out of ioynt: my heart is like waxe, it is melted in the middest of my bowels.

1611 marginal noteOr, sundred.

Psalms 68:2
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
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1611 witness · Psalms 68:2 · retained source text

As smoke is driuen away, so driue them away: as waxe melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

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