What Does Acts 6:7 Mean in the King James?

And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Acts 6:7 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

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THE KEY

The word’s increase becomes visible as disciples multiply and priests turn hearing into trust-filled response.

THE MEANING

God’s word is actively expanding, and its growth shows in the multiplying disciples within Jerusalem. A great number of priests are also responding to trust with obedience. The verse holds outward growth and inward response together: the message spreads as people heed what they trust.

THE ROOT

ηὔξανεν

ēuxanen

GROWS FROM

αὐξ-

aux-

To grow or increase.

“increased” in this verse is ēuxanen. The verb carries a sense of growth unfolding, not merely a larger count. Here the word of God is the first thing described as growing, before the disciples multiply.

ALSO GROWS

auxēsis: Growth, increase.

αὔξησις

This related noun names growth as a continuing process, illuminating the movement already present in the verse.

auxanō: To grow, increase.

αὐξάνω

The same verb is used elsewhere for living growth, giving the word’s increase an organic quality.

ὑπήκουον

hypēkouon

GROWS FROM

ὑπακου-

hypakou-

To hear under, heed, obey.

“obedient” in this verse is hypēkouon. The priests’ response is not presented as abstract agreement. The verb holds listening and heeding together: what they hear becomes a response.

ALSO GROWS

akouō: To hear, listen.

ἀκούω

This verb’s listening sense remains inside the word for obedience.

hypakoē: Obedience, attentive response.

ὑπακοή

This related noun shows the same movement from hearing toward response.

πίστει

pistei

GROWS FROM

⁨πειθ-⁩ (peith-), in the ⁨πιστ-⁩ (pist-) family

To persuade, be persuaded, come to trust.

The word translated “faith” belongs to a family tied to being persuaded and trusting. Beside the verb for heeding, it presents trust as something that takes shape in a person’s response.

ALSO GROWS

peithō: To persuade, convince, or be persuaded.

πείθω

This related verb brings out the persuaded trust carried by the verse’s “faith.”

pisteuō: To trust, believe.

πιστεύω

This verb expresses the trust named by the noun as an active reliance.

THE PATTERN

The living word grows through people as hearing becomes trust and trust becomes visible response.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Psalm 1:3 · KJVThe rooted life bears visible fruit, expressing growth as something living rather than merely counted.

And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

Mark 4:8 · KJVThe seed’s growth becomes abundant fruit, showing how what is received can multiply.

Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

Colossians 1:6 · KJVThe word bears fruit and grows in people who hear and know it, joining inward reception with outward spread.

THE THREAD

But the word of God grew and multiplied.

Acts 12:24 · KJV

Acts 12:24 pairs the same verbs for growth and multiplication with “the word of God.” That repeated wording shows the increase in Acts 6:7 as part of a continuing pattern: the message grows as its people multiply.

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