KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of wax, meaning to grow, increase, or become.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 18:12
Complete exact-word concordance
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Therefore Sarah laughed within her selfe, saying, After I am waxed old, shall I haue pleasure, my LORD being old also?
1611 marginal note1.Pet. 3.6.
And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew vntill he became very great.
1611 marginal noteHeb. went going.
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
And the famine was ouer all the face of the earth; and Ioseph opened all the storehouses, and solde vnto the Egyptians: and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
1611 marginal noteHebr. All wherein was.
¶ And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
¶ And the children of Israel were fruitfull, and increased aboundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty, and the land was filled with them.
1611 marginal noteActs. 7.17.
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
Therefore God dealt well with the midwiues: and the people multiplied and waxed very mighty.
And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
And they gathered it euery morning, euery man according to his eating: and when the Sunne waxed hot, it melted.
And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
And when the voyce of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed lowder and lowder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voyce.
¶ And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
¶ And it came to passe, assoone as he came nigh vnto the campe, that he saw the Calfe, and the dancing: and Moses anger waxed hot, and he cast the Tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
And the LORD said vnto Moses, Is the LORDs hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to passe vnto thee, or not.
1611 marginal noteEsa. 50.2. and 59.1.
Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
Thy raiment waxed not old vpon thee, neither did thy foote swell these fourtie yeeres.
1611 marginal noteNehe. 9.21.
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