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Luke 2:52
Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550)
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
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Greek-English Dictionary
to drive forward (as if by beating) that is (figuratively and intransitively) to advance (in amount to grow; in time to be well along)
1. to beat forward
a. to lengthen out by hammering (as a smith forges metals)
b. metaph. to promote, forward, further
2. to go forward, advance, proceed
a. of time: the night is far spent
b. metaph. to increase, make progress
of the New Testament 1889
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.