Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'waxed' occurs 48 times in the standard works.

5 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'waxed' in the standard works and contain 10.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Dan. 8:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

 8:8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.

 8:9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.

 8:10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.




2 Sam. 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 29 0 29
Gen. 3 0 3
Ex. 5 0 5
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 2 0 2
Josh. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Neh. 1 0 1
Esth. 1 0 1
Ps. 1 0 1
Jer. 2 0 2
Dan. 3 0 3
NT 8 0 8
BM 10 0 10
DC 0 0 0
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 48 0 48

Dan. 8:8
Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.

Dan. 8:9
And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.

Dan. 8:10
And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.