Words the Bible translates as add
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- prostithēmiπροστίθημιto add: to put one thing together with what is already there, so the total grows
- epitithēmiἐπιτίθημιto put or set one thing on top of another, whether a hand, an object, a burden, or a blow
- yasaphיָסַףto add: to join more onto what is already there, and so to increase it or do it once again
- saphahסָפָהto add or heap up, piling one thing on top of another (usually guilt or wrath)
+1 more meaning
- to sweep or scrape away to destruction; and so, in the passive, to be swept away and perish
- yesaphיְסַףto addnot studied yet
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