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# hundredfold

adverb (a hundredfold); adjective (hundredfold)

«hundredfold» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A hundredfold means a hundred times as much or as many. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundredfold/#m1)
2. (Bible, literary) Hundredfold means greatly or many times over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundredfold/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths, if something grows a hundredfold, you multiply it by 100: 5 becomes 500. In the news, «prices rose a hundredfold» means they became 100 times higher. In the Bible, Jesus's parable of the sower says some seed fell on good soil and produced «a hundredfold», meaning a huge harvest.

### Examples

- The number of visitors grew a hundredfold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundredfold/#x1)
- If you invest wisely, your work may be repaid a hundredfold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundredfold/#x2)
- The cost of the stamp increased a hundredfold since Grandad was a boy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundredfold/#x3)
- (Bible) Some seed fell on good ground and gave fruit a hundredfold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundredfold/#x4)
- The bacteria multiplied a hundredfold overnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundredfold/#x5)
- A hundredfold increase means ×100. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundredfold/#x6)
- The deaths by snake-bite and tigers shall increase a hundredfold from this day, and day by day it shall continue to increase till your release. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundredfold/#x7)

### Note

In maths, «a hundredfold» means multiply by 100, not «add 100». Also: twofold (×2), tenfold (×10), thousandfold (×1000). Usually written as one word.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Tradition sees Isaac's hundredfold harvest as a sign of God's blessing on his work. In the primary lessons: In maths, if something grows a hundredfold, you multiply it by 100: 5 becomes 500. In the news, «prices rose a hundredfold» means they became 100 times higher. In the Bible, Jesus's parable of the sower says some seed fell on good soil and produced «a hundredfold», meaning a huge harvest.

### Examples

- And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him. (Torah GEN.26.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hundredfold/#x1)

### Note

In maths, «a hundredfold» means multiply by 100, not «add 100». Also: twofold (×2), tenfold (×10), thousandfold (×1000). Usually written as one word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hundredfold» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundredfold/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «hundredfold» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hundredfold/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hundredfold» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hundredfold.html) on Mova free.