προστίθημι
prostíthēmi · G4369 · Greek · 18 occurrences
Meanings
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to add
To add something to an existing quantity
ExamplesMatthew 6:27 “And which of you by worrying can add a single day to his life’s span?
Mark 4:24 And He was saying to them, “Take care what you listen to. By your standard of measure it will be measured to you; and more will be given you besides.
Luke 3:20 Herod also added this to them all: he locked John up in prison.
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to give, to provide, to grant
To place something at the disposal of someone else
ExamplesMatthew 6:33 “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided to you.
Luke 12:31 “But seek His kingdom, and these things will be provided to you.
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to bury
(A Semitic idiom, literally: to place with his fathers) To carry out a burial procedure
ExamplesActs 13:36 “For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, fell asleep, and was buried among his fathers and underwent decay;
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to continue, to proceed to
To continue, with focus upon the next element
ExamplesLuke 19:11 Now while they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.
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to proceed to
To mark an immediately following event
ExamplesActs 12:3 When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter as well. (Now these were the days of Unleavened Bread.)
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
18 occurrences in 10 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 6
- Not stated in the clause 3
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
9 occurrences in 8 groups
- πέμπωto send 2
- πῆχυςcubit 2
- κατακλείωto put into prison 1
- οὗτοςthis 1
- παραβολήparable 1
- πίστιςfaith, trust, faithfulness 1
To or for whomIndirect object
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- σύyou 3
- ἐγώI, we 1
- κύριοςLord 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
8 occurrences in 9 groups
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10
With adverbsAdverbs
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- μᾶλλονmore, more than, to a greater degree 1
- μήnot 1
What is done to itIt is the object
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- δύναμαιcan 2
- μεριμνάωto be worried about 2
- ἔπωto say 1
- παραιτέομαιto ask for 1
- τίθημιto put 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- יָסַף yâçaph · H3254 · to add, to increase, to do again
- Greek προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, G4369) and Hebrew יָסַף (yâçaph, H3254) share the core semantic field of addition, augmentation, and increase, both lexically expressing the action of adding to an existing quantity or continuing an action.
Semantic domains 5 entries
- To bury52.7
- The verb, in the idiom of being gathered to one's ancestors, describes being laid to rest in burial. Paul's sermon at Pisidian Antioch uses this term: “For David, after he had served God's purpose in his own generation, fell asleep, and was buried among his fathers and underwent decay” (Acts 13:36).
- To give, to provide, to grant57.78
- The same verb describes God supplying what is needed as a further gift. Jesus' teaching on seeking God's kingdom uses this term: “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided to you” (Matthew 6:33).
- To add59.72
- The same verb, in its most literal sense, describes adding a further quantity to an existing amount. Jesus' teaching on anxiety uses this term: “And which of you by worrying can add a single day to his life's span?” (Matthew 6:27).
- To continue, to proceed to68.13
- The same verb, followed by another verb of action, describes going on to do a further thing in a continuing course of conduct. Jesus' parable of the vineyard uses this term: “And he proceeded to send another slave; but they beat him also and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed” (Luke 20:11).
- To proceed to89.89
- The same verb, in a narrative sequence of one event following another, describes moving on to a next action. Luke's account of Herod's persecution uses this term: “When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter as well” (Acts 12:3).
Word family 49 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : imperfect 3 person singular προσετίθει (Acts 2:47); 1 aorist προσέθηκα; 2 aorist…
1. properly, to put to.
2. to add, i. e. join to, gather with any company, the number of one's followers or companions: τινα τῇ ἐκκλησία, Acts 2:47 (R G); τῷ κυρίῳ, Acts 5:14; Acts 11:24; namely, τῷ κυρίῳ, or τοῖς πιστεύουσιν, Acts 2:41; Hebraistically, προσετέθη πρός τούς πατέρας αὐτοῦ (Judg 2:10; Judg 2:1 Macc. 2:69), he was gathered to his fathers assembled in Sheol (which is לְכָל־חָי מועֵד בֵּית, the house of assembly for all the living, Job 30:23), Acts 13:36 (others explain it, he was added to the bodies cf his ancestors, buried with them in a common tomb; but cf. Knobel on Gen 25:8; (Böttcher, De inferis, p. 54ff)); equivalent to to add viz. to what one already possesses: τί, Lk 17:5 (A. V. here increase); passive, Mt 6:33; Lk 12:31; Mk 4:24; Heb 12:19 ((μή προστεθῆναι αὐτοῖς λόγον, R. V. that no word more should be spoken to them)); — to what already exists: (ὁ νόμος) προσετέθη, was added to (supervened upon) namely, the ἐπαγγελία, Gal 3:19 R L T Tr WH; τί ἐπί τίνι, some thing to (upon) a thing (which has preceded (cf. ἐπί, B. 2 d.)), Lk 3:20; τί ἐπί τί, to a thing that it may thereby be increased, Mt 6:27; Lk 12:25. In imitation of the Hebrew (יָסַף) the middle (in the Sept. the active also) followed by an infinitive signifies (to add, i. e.) to go on to do a thing, for to do further, do again (as Gen 4:2; Gen 8:12; Gen 18:29): προσέθετο πέμψαι (לִשְׁלֹחַ וַיֹסֶף), he continued to send (as be had already sent), Lk 20:11, Lk 20:12 (equivalent to πάλιν ἀπέστειλεν, Mk 12:4); προσέθετο συλλαβεῖν καί Πέτρον, be besides apprehended Peter also (A. V. he proceeded etc.), Acts 12:3; in the same way also the participle is used with a finite verb: προσθείς εἶπεν, i. e. he further spake (A. V. he added and spake), Lk 19:11 (προσθεῖσα ἔτεκεν, Gen 38:5; προσθέμενος ἔλαβε γυναῖκα, Gen 25:1); cf. Winers Grammar, § 54, 5; Buttmann, § 144, 14.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 5 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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