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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: προκόπτω

(Strong's #4298 — Verb — prokopto — prok-op'-to )

for which see ADVANCE , is rendered "to wax" in 2 Timothy 3:13 .

2: γίνομαι

(Strong's #1096 — Verb — ginomai — ghin'-om-ahee )

"to become," is translated "waxed" in Luke 13:19 , AV (RV, "became"); in Hebrews 11:34 , AV and RV, "waxed:" see COME , No. 12, etc.

Note: This verb forms part of the translation of certain tenses of other verbs; see, e.g., BOLD, A, No. 2, COLD, C, CONFIDENT, B, No. 1, CORRUPT, A, No. 2, STRONG, B, No. 2, WANTON, B, Nos. 1 and 2, WEARY, No. 2, WROTH, No. 1.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Wax'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​w/wax.html. 1940.
 
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