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.
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
Occurrences
212 total
- Daniel 10:18וַיֹּ֧סֶף · AgainAgain the one with the likeness of a man touched me and strengthened me.
- Hosea 1:6אוֹסִ֜יף · longerGomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.
- Hosea 9:15אוֹסֵף֙ · longerAll their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.
- Hosea 13:2יוֹסִ֣פוּ · more and moreNow they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
- Joel 2:2יוֹסֵ֔ף…a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
- Amos 5:2תוֹסִ֣יף · again“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”
- Amos 7:8אוֹסִ֥יף · longer“Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD. “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them:
- Amos 7:13תוֹסִ֥יף · againBut never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”
- Amos 8:2אוֹסִ֥יף · longer“Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”
- Jonah 2:4אוֹסִ֣יף · once moreAt this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’
- Nahum 1:15יוֹסִ֥יף · againLook to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.
- Zephaniah 3:11תוֹסִ֧פִי · againOn that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.