Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
αὐξάνω (G837)
23 αὐξάνω (and the earlier form αὔξω , Eph 2:21 , Col 2:19 ; MM, s.v.), [in LXX chiefly for פּרה ;] trans., to make to grow : I Co 3:6 , 7 , II Co 9:10 . Pass., to grow , increase , become greater : Mt 13:32 , Mk 4:8 , II Co 10:15 , Col 1:6 ; τῇ ἐπιγνώσει τ. θεοῦ , Col 1:10 ; εἰς σωτηρίαν , I Pe 2:2 . In later Gk. (but nowhere in LXX), intrans., to grow , increase : of plants, Mt 6:28 , Lk 12:27 13:19 ; of infants, Lk 1:80 2:40 ; of a multitude, Ac 7:17 ; of the increase of the Gospel: ὁ λόγος ηὔξανε , Ac 6:7 12:24 19:20 ; of Christ as a leader, Jo 3:30 ; of Christian character: εἰς Χριοτόν , Eph 4:15 ; εἰς ναόν , Eph 2:21 ; ἐν χάριτι , II Pe 3:18 ; τὴν αὔξησιν τ. θεσῦ , Col 2:19 (cf. συν , ὑπερ-αυξάνω ).†
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain