יָסַף

hebrewOld TestamentVerb212 occurrences32 books208 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
Traditional renderings: add, × again, × any more, × cease, × come more, conceive again, continue, exceed, × further, × gather together, get more, give more-over, × henceforth, increase (more and more), join, × longer (bring, do, make, much, put), × (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, × yet, yield.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָסַף:

προστίθημιprostithēmi“to add (to)”90%
πλείων, πλεῖονpleiōn“greater”2%
συνάγωsunagō“to assemble”2%

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

212 total

Deuteronomy 17:16תֹסִפ֗וּן · You are
But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
Deuteronomy 18:16אֹסֵ֗ף
This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”
Deuteronomy 19:9וְיָסַפְתָּ֨ · then you are to add
…and if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you today, loving the LORD your God and walking in His ways at all times, then you are to add three more cities to these three.
Deuteronomy 19:20יֹסִ֨פוּ · again
Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.
Deuteronomy 20:8וְיָסְפ֣וּ · further
Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”
Deuteronomy 25:3יֹסִ֑יף · more; יֹסִ֨יף · any more
He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
Deuteronomy 28:68תֹסִ֥יף · again
The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”
Joshua 7:12אוֹסִיף֙ · longer
This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction.
Joshua 23:13יוֹסִ֜יף · longer
…know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.
Judges 2:21אוֹסִ֔יף · longer
I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.
Judges 3:12וַיֹּסִ֙פוּ֙ · Once again
Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
Judges 4:1וַיֹּסִ֙פוּ֙ · again
After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
Judges 8:28יָסְפ֖וּ · again
In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
Judges 9:37וַיֹּ֨סֶף · again
Then Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.”
Judges 10:6וַיֹּסִ֣פוּ׀ · And again
And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
Judges 10:13אוֹסִ֖יף · longer
But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.
Judges 11:14וַיּ֥וֹסֶף · again
Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites
Judges 13:1וַיֹּסִ֙פוּ֙ · Again
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
Judges 13:21יָ֤סַף · again
And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.
Judges 20:22וַיֹּסִ֙פוּ֙ · and again
But the Israelite army took courage and again took their battle positions in the same place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.
Judges 20:23הַאוֹסִ֗יף · Should we again
They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”
Judges 20:28הַאוֹסִ֨ף · Should we again
…and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”
Ruth 1:17יֹסִ֔יף · severely
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
1 Samuel 3:6וַיֹּ֣סֶף · Once again
Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”
1 Samuel 3:8וַיֹּ֨סֶף · Once again
Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.
1 Samuel 3:17יוֹסִ֔יף · severely
“What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”
1 Samuel 3:21וַיֹּ֥סֶף · continued
And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.
1 Samuel 7:13יָסְפ֣וּ
So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
1 Samuel 9:8וַיֹּ֤סֶף · again
The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”
1 Samuel 12:19יָסַ֤פְנוּ · we have added
They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”
1 Samuel 14:44יוֹסִ֑ף · severely
And Saul declared, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!”
1 Samuel 15:35יָסַ֨ף · again
And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
1 Samuel 18:29וַיֹּ֣אסֶף · grew even more
…he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.
1 Samuel 19:8וַתּ֥וֹסֶף · again
When war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.
1 Samuel 19:21וַיֹּ֣סֶף · tried again
When this was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third time, and even they began to prophesy.
1 Samuel 20:13יֹסִ֗יף · severely
But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.
1 Samuel 20:17וַיּ֤וֹסֶף · reaffirm
And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.
1 Samuel 23:4וַיּ֨וֹסֶף · Once again
Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
1 Samuel 25:22יֹסִ֑יף · severely
May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one male belonging to Nabal survive until morning.”
1 Samuel 27:4יוֹסַף · longer
And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
2 Samuel 2:22וַיֹּ֧סֶף · Once again
Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”
2 Samuel 2:28יָסְפ֥וּ · or continued
So Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.
2 Samuel 3:9יֹסִ֣יף · severely
May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:
2 Samuel 3:34וַיֹּסִ֥פוּ · even more
Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.
2 Samuel 3:35יֹסִ֔יף · severely
Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
2 Samuel 5:22וַיֹּסִ֥פוּ · Once again
Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 7:10יֹסִ֤יפוּ · longer
And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
2 Samuel 7:20יּוֹסִ֥יף · more
What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD.
2 Samuel 12:8וְאֹסִ֥פָה · I would have given
I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.