Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v. t.) To increase in area or scope; to lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.
2. (v. t.) To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.
3. (v. t.) To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion.
4. (v. i.) To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy.
Strong's Hebrew
7554. raqa -- to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out... A primitive root; to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to
expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal) -- beat
... /hebrew/7554.htm - 6k 6576. parsez -- to spread
... spread. A root apparently formed by compounding parash and that of paraz (compare
parshdon); to expand -- spread. see HEBREW parash. see HEBREW parshdon. ...
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6690. Tsophach -- an Asherite
... Zophah. From an unused root meaning to expand, breadth; Tsophach, an Israelite --
Zophah. << 6689, 6690. Tsophach. 6691 >>. Strong's Numbers.
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6835. tsappachath -- a jar, jug
... 3). cruse. From an unused root meaning to expand; a saucer (as flat) -- cruse. <<
6834, 6835. tsappachath. 6836 >>. Strong's Numbers.
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238. azan -- to give ear, listen
... A primitive root; probably to expand; but used only as a denominative from 'ozen;
to broaden out the ear (with the hand), ie (by implication) to listen -- give ...
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142. adar -- wide, great
... become glorious, honorable. A primitive root; to expand, ie Be great or (figuratively)
magnificent -- (become) glorious, honourable. << 141, 142. adar. 143 >>. ...
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7849. shatach -- to spread, spread abroad
... all abroad, enlarge, spread, stretch out. A primitive root; to expand -- all abroad,
enlarge, spread, stretch out. << 7848, 7849. shatach. 7850 >>. ...
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