יָסַף

ya.saphto add: againHow to read Hebrew
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:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

212 total
  1. 2 Samuel 14:10יֹסִ֥יף · again
    “If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!”
  2. 2 Samuel 18:22וַיֹּ֨סֶף · however, persisted
    Ahimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted and said to Joab, “No matter what, please let me also run behind the Cushite!” “My son,” Joab replied, “why do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?”
  3. 2 Samuel 19:13יוֹסִ֔יף · severely
    And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from now on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
  4. 2 Samuel 24:1וַיֹּ֙סֶף֙ · Again
    Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
  5. 2 Samuel 24:3וְיוֹסֵ֣ף · multiply
    But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”
  6. 1 Kings 2:23יוֹסִ֔יף · severely
    Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
  7. 1 Kings 10:7הוֹסַ֤פְתָּ · exceeded
    But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.
  8. 1 Kings 12:11אוֹסִ֣יף · will add
    Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”
  9. 1 Kings 12:14אֹסִ֣יף · will add
    …and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”
  10. 1 Kings 16:33וַיּ֨וֹסֶף · more
    Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.
  11. 1 Kings 19:2יוֹסִפ֔וּן · severely
    So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”
  12. 1 Kings 20:10יוֹסִ֑פוּ · severely
    Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
  13. 2 Kings 6:23יָ֤סְפוּ · again
    So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.
  14. 2 Kings 6:31יוֹסִ֑ף · severely
    He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”
  15. 2 Kings 19:30וְיָ֨סְפָ֜ה · will again
    And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
  16. 2 Kings 20:6וְהֹסַפְתִּ֣י · I will add
    I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
  17. 2 Kings 21:8אֹסִ֗יף · again
    I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they are careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole Law that My servant Moses commanded them.”
  18. 2 Kings 24:7הֹסִ֥יף · again
    Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
  19. 1 Chronicles 14:13וַיֹּסִ֤יפוּ · Once again
    Once again the Philistines raided the valley.
  20. 1 Chronicles 17:9יוֹסִ֤יפוּ · 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
  21. 1 Chronicles 17:18יּוֹסִ֨יף · more
    What more can David say to You for honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant,
  22. 1 Chronicles 21:3יוֹסֵף֩ · multiply
    But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
  23. 1 Chronicles 22:14תּוֹסִֽיף׃ · and you may add
    Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
  24. 2 Chronicles 9:6יָסַ֕פְתָּ · You have far exceeded
    But I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not half of the greatness of your wisdom was told to me. You have far exceeded the report I heard.
  25. 2 Chronicles 10:11אֹסִ֣יף · will add
    Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”
  26. 2 Chronicles 10:14אֹסִ֣יף · will add
    …and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”
  27. 2 Chronicles 28:13לְהֹסִ֥יף · and to add
    “You must not bring the captives here,” they said, “for you are proposing to bring guilt upon us from the LORD and to add to our sins and our guilt. For our guilt is great, and fierce anger is upon Israel.”
  28. 2 Chronicles 28:22וַיּ֖וֹסֶף · became even more
    In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
  29. 2 Chronicles 33:8אוֹסִ֗יף · again
    I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”
  30. Ezra 10:10לְהוֹסִ֖יף · adding
    Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.
  31. Nehemiah 13:18מוֹסִיפִ֤ים · you are rekindling
    Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”
  32. Esther 8:3וַתּ֣וֹסֶף · And once again
    And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.
  33. Job 17:9יֹסִ֥יף · grows
    Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
  34. Job 20:9תוֹסִ֑יף · more
    The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
  35. Job 27:1וַיֹּ֣סֶף · continued
    Job continued his discourse:
  36. Job 29:1וַיֹּ֣סֶף · continued
    And Job continued his discourse:
  37. Job 34:32אֹסִֽיף׃ · do it again
    Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
  38. Job 34:37יֹ֘סִ֤יף · he adds
    For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”
  39. Job 36:1וַיֹּ֥סֶף · continued
    And Elihu continued:
  40. Job 38:11תֹסִ֑יף · farther
    …and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
  41. Job 40:5אוֹסִֽיף׃פ · to add
    I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”
  42. Job 41:8תּוֹסַֽף׃ · repeat it
    If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
  43. Job 42:10וַ֧יֹּסֶף · and doubled
    After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
  44. Psalm 10:18יוֹסִ֥יף
    …to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
  45. Psalm 41:8יוֹסִ֥יף
    “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
  46. Psalm 61:6תּוֹסִ֑יף · Increase
    Increase the days of the king’s life; may his years span many generations.
  47. Psalm 71:14וְ֝הוֹסַפְתִּ֗י · You more
    But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.
  48. Psalm 77:7יֹסִ֖יף
    “Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
  49. Psalm 78:17וַיּוֹסִ֣יפוּ · But they continued
    But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
  50. Psalm 115:14יֹסֵ֣ף · give you increase
    May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.