Magnify
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Joshua 3:7
- Last Reference: Romans 11:13
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Magnify
MAGNIFY, verb transitive [Latin magnifico; magnus, great, and facio, to make.]
1. To make great or greater; to increase the apparent dimensions of a body. A convex lens magnifies the bulk of a body to the eye.
2. To make great in representation; to extol; to exalt in description or praise. The embassador magnified the king and queen.
3. To extol; to exalt; to elevate; to raise in estimation.
Thee that day
Thy thunders magnified.
The Lord magnified Solomon exceedingly. 1 Chronicles 29:1.
To magnify one's self, to raise in pride and pretensions.
He shall magnify in his heart. Daniel 8:25.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Magnifying
MAG'NIFYING, participle present tense Enlarging apparent bulk or dimensions; extolling; exalting.
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Joshua 3:7
- Last Reference: Romans 11:13
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance: