STRONGS G4369:
προστίθημι: imperfect 3 person singular
προσετίθει (
Acts 2:47); 1 aorist
προσέθηκα; 2 aorist
προσεθην, imperative
πρόσθες (
Luke 17:5), infinitive
προσθεῖναι, participle
προσθείς; passive, imperfect 3 person plural
προσετίθεντο; 1 aorist
προσετέθην; 1 future
προστεθήσομαι; 2 aorist middle
προσεθεμην; from
Homer, Odyssey 9, 305 down; the
Sept. very often for
יָסַף, also for
אָסַף, etc.;
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 (
Judges 2:10;
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
Genesis 25:8; (Böttcher, De inferis, p. 54ff)); equivalent to
to add viz. to what one already possesses:
τί,
Luke 17:5 (
A. V. here
increase); passive,
Matthew 6:33;
Luke 12:31;
Mark 4:24;
Hebrews 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,
Galatians 3:19 R L T Tr WH;
τί ἐπί τίνι, some thing to (upon) a thing (which has preceded (cf.
ἐπί, B. 2 d.)),
Luke 3:20;
τί ἐπί τί, to a thing that it may thereby be increased,
Matthew 6:27;
Luke 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
Genesis 4:2;
Genesis 8:12;
Genesis 18:29):
προσέθετο πέμψαι (
לִשְׁלֹחַ וַיֹסֶף), he continued to send (as be had already sent),
Luke 20:11,
12 (equivalent to
πάλιν ἀπέστειλεν,
Mark 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),
Luke 19:11 (
προσθεῖσα ἔτεκεν,
Genesis 38:5;
προσθέμενος ἔλαβε γυναῖκα,
Genesis 25:1); cf.
Winers Grammar, § 54, 5;
Buttmann, § 144, 14.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Genesis
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4:2; 8:12; 18:29; 25:1; 25:8; 38:5
- Judges
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1; 2:10
- Job
-
30:23
- Matthew
-
6:27; 6:33
- Mark
-
4:24; 12:4
- Luke
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3:20; 12:25; 12:31; 17:5; 17:5; 19:11; 20:11; 20:12
- Acts
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2:41; 2:47; 2:47; 5:14; 11:24; 12:3; 13:36
- Galatians
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3:19
- Hebrews
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12:19