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πληθύνω

MainId: 004033000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: π

StrongCodes: G4129

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 004033001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'πίμπλημι', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 004033001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 59.68

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Quantity

      LEXSubDomains: Increase, Decrease

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-27 15:14:05

         DefinitionShort: to increase greatly in number or extent

         Glosses: ['to grow', 'to increase greatly', 'to multiply']

         Comments: It may be difficult to speak of ‘a number growing’ in some languages, so that one may need to translate this expression in {S:04400600700016} as ‘the disciples in Jerusalem became more and more’ or ‘there were more and more disciples in Jerusalem.’|It may be difficult, if not impossible, to speak of ‘evil increasing’ as in {S:04002401200008}, but one can usually speak of a greater number of instances of doing evil, and therefore one may translate ‘more and more people will be doing what is evil.’|A literal rendering of {S:04401202400016} may be impossible in many languages, for a strictly literal rendering would imply that somehow the message from God ‘got bigger,’ which may mean in some languages ‘resulted in lies.’ The meaning is, of course, that more and more people accepted God’s word as true.

      LEXReferences: MAT 24:12, ACTs 6:1, ACTs 6:7, ACTs 7:17, ACTs 9:31, ACTs 12:24, 1PET 1:2, 2PET 1:2, YUD 1:2

   2. LEXID: 004033001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 59.69

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Quantity

      LEXSubDomains: Increase, Decrease

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-27 15:14:05

         DefinitionShort: to cause an increase in the number of objects

         Glosses: ['to increase', 'to cause an increase', 'to multiply']

         Comments: In {S:05800601400018} it is essential in most languages to specify what is increased. A strictly literal translation such as ‘to cause you to increase’ would simply mean ‘to cause you to get big.’ The reference is clearly to Abraham’s descendants, and it is usually essential to make this reference clear.

      LEXReferences: 2COR 9:10, HEB 6:14, HEB 6:14