Dictionary entry

πληθύνω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πληθύνω

(causal of πληθύω, to be full, < πληθύς, Ion. for πλῆθος), [in LXX chiefly for רבה hi.;]

1. trans., to increase, multiply: II Co 9:10, He 6:14(LXX); pass., to be increased, to multiply: Mt 24:12, Ac 6:77:179:3112:24; c. dat. pers. (Da LXX TH 3:31 (98) al.), I Pe 1:2, II Pe 1:2, Ju 2.

2. Intrans., to be increased, to multiply: Ac 6:1.†