To increase in number; to make more by natural generation or production, or by addition; as, to multiply men, horses or other animals; to multiply evils. I will multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt. Exodus 7:3. Impunity will multiply motives to disobedience.

In arithmetic, to increase any given number as many times as there are units in any other given number. Thus 7x8=56, that is, multiplied by 8 produces the number 56.

To grow or increase in number. Be fruitful and multiply. Genesis 1:28. When men began to multiply on the face of the earth. Genesis 6:1.

To increase in extent; to extend; to spread. The word of God grew and multiplied. Acts 12:24.