Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December. 2. (v. t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means. 3. (n.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength. 4. (n.) The wane of the moon.

Multi-Version Concordance Decrease (4 Occurrences) John 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV) Leviticus 25:16 According to the length of the years you shall increase its price, and according to the shortness of the years you shall diminish its price; for he is selling the number of the crops to you. (See NIV) Psalms 107:38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn't allow their livestock to decrease. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV) Jeremiah 29:6 Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and don't be diminished. (See NAS RSV NIV)