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Lexicon :: Strong's H3254 - yāsap̄

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יָסַף
Transliteration
yāsap̄
Pronunciation
yaw-saf'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 876

Strong’s Definitions

יָסַף yâçaph, yaw-saf'; a primitive root; to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing):—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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 213x

The KJV translates Strong's H3254 in the following manner: more (70x), again (54x), add (28x), increase (16x), also (6x), exceed (4x), put (4x), further (4x), henceforth (4x), can (2x), continued (2x), give (2x), miscellaneous (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 213x
The KJV translates Strong's H3254 in the following manner: more (70x), again (54x), add (28x), increase (16x), also (6x), exceed (4x), put (4x), further (4x), henceforth (4x), can (2x), continued (2x), give (2x), miscellaneous (17x).

  1. to add, increase, do again

    1. (Qal) to add, increase, do again

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to join, join oneself to

      2. to be joined, be added to

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to add, increase

      2. to do more, do again

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָסַף yâçaph, yaw-saf'; a primitive root; to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing):—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.
STRONGS H3254: Abbreviations
יָסַף 214 verb add (Late Hebrew id., Hiph.; Aramaic Aph`el אוֺסִיף, bdb041402 Phoenician יסף; MI29 יספתי, Genesis 1:21 לספת; Sabean וסף HomZMG 1892, 530; Assyrian esêpu dubious (eṣêpu Dl) —
Qal Perfect יָסַף Genesis 38:26 +; יָֽֽֽסְפָה Genesis 8:12; וְיָֽֽֽסְפָה consecutive 2 Kings 19:30 = Isaiah 37:31; יָסַ֫פְתָּ Isaiah 26:15; 2 Chronicles 9:6; וְיָסַפְתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 19:9, etc.; Imperative סְפוּ Isaiah 29:1; Jeremiah 7:21; + Infinitive construct לָסֶ֫פֶת for MT לִסְפּוֹת Numbers 32:14; Isaiah 30:1 (Ges§ 69. 2. R); Participle יוֺסִף (read יוֺסֵף) Isaiah 29:14; Isaiah 38:5 (Köi. 403 adds Ecclesiastes 1:18 יוֺסִיף, from form and connection less likely); plural יֹסְפִים Deuteronomy 5:22; — add followed by accusative + על 1 Samuel 12:19; Jeremiah 7:21; Jeremiah 45:3; Isaiah 29:1; Isaiah 30:1; Isaiah 38:5; Deuteronomy 19:9 (+ עוד), Leviticus 22:14; Leviticus 26:21; Leviticus 27:13, 15, 19, 27 followed by accusative 2 Kings 19:30 = Isaiah 37:31; Numbers 32:14; 2 Chronicles 9:6 followed by על (no accusative; יָסַפְתָּ עַלהַֿשְּׁמוּעָה אֲשֶׁר שָׁמָ֑עְתִּי); followed by לְ (no accusative) = increase Isaiah 26:15 (twice in verse) (יָסַפְתָּ לַגּוֺי); followed by accusative increase, have more Isaiah 29:19 (וְיַֽֽֽסְפוּ עֲנָוִים ביהוה שִׂמְחָה); + 14 times followed by infinitive Genesis 8:12 (אליו עוֺד לֹא יָֽֽֽסְפָה שׁוּב, i.e. it did not again return unto him), Genesis 38:26 (+עוד), Leviticus 26:18; Numbers 32:15 (+ עוד), Deuteronomy 5:22)+ עוֺד), Deuteronomy 20:8; Judges 8:28; Judges 13:21 (+ עוד), 1 Samuel 7:13)+ עוד), 1 Samuel 15:35; 1 Samuel 27:4 (וְלאֹ יָו֯סַף עוֺד), 2 Samuel 2:28 (+עוד), 2 Kings 6:23 (+עוֺד), Isaiah 29:14; compare Numbers 11:25; Deuteronomy 5:19, where infinitive not expressed, but implied from context; both with לֹא and did not do it again.
Niph. Perfect נוֺסַף Jeremiah 36:32; וְנ׳ : consecutive Exodus 1:10; Numbers 36:3; 3rd person feminine singular וְנוֺסְפָה consecutive Numbers 36:4; Participle וְנוֺסָף Proverbs 11:24; נוֺסָפוֺת Isaiah 15:9; —
1. join (intransitive), join oneself to (עַל) Exodus 1:10
2. be joined, added to (עַל) Numbers 36:3, 4; Jeremiah 36:32; participle absolute is increased Proverbs 11:24; participle feminine plural = things added, additions (i.e. additional calamities) Isaiah 15:9.
Hiph.172Perfect הֹסִיף 2 Kings 24:7; הוֺסַ֫פְתָּ 1 Kings 10:7, etc.;Imperfect164 יוֺסִיף Joshua 23:18 +; jussive יוֺסֵף Genesis 30:24 +; י֫וֺסֶף (before tone) Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 9:9; וַיּ֫וֺסֶף Isaiah 7:10 +; וַיּ֫אֹסֶף 1 Samuel 18:29; 2nd person masculine singular תּוֺסִיף Amos 7:13 +; jussive תֹּסֵף Deuteronomy 13:1; תּוֺסַ֑ף Job 40:32; תּוֺסְף Proverbs 30:6; אוֺסִיף Hosea 1:6 +; volunt. אוֺסֵף Hosea 9:15; אֹסֵף Deuteronomy 18:16 + Ezekiel 5:16 (strike out Co); אֹסִ֫פָה 2 Samuel 12:8 — Deuteronomy 32:28 (for MT אַסְפֶּה); 3rd person masculine plural יוֺסִפ֫וּן 1 Kings 19:2; 2nd person masculine plural תּוֺסִ֫יפוּ Isaiah 1:5 +; תִּסִפ֫וּן Genesis 44:23 + 2 times; תּאֹסִפ֫וּן Exodus 5:7 (per contr. 2 Samuel 6:1; Psalm 104:29, compare below אסף), etc.; Participle plural מוֺסִיפִים Nehemiah 13:18; Infinitive construct הוֺסִיף Leviticus 19:25 + 3 times; —
1. add (= Qal), followed by accusative+ עַל 2 Kings 20:6; Leviticus 5:16; Leviticus 5:24; Leviticus 27:31; Numbers 5:7; Job 34:37 (Elihu), Psalm 61:7; Proverbs 16:23; Ezekiel 5:16 (see above), Nehemiah 13:18 + Deuteronomy 32:23; followed by accusative+ לְ Genesis 30:24; Proverbs 3:2 Proverbs 9:11; followed by accusative+ אֶל 1 Kings 10:7 (i.e. thou hast more wisdom and prosperity than is reported); followed by accusative + אִם Proverbs 10:22; compare וְהוֺסַפְתִּ֫י עַלכָּֿלתְּֿהִלָּֽתְךָ Psalm 71:14 (i. e. increase); וְהוֺסַ֫פְתִּי חכמה על כלאֿשׁרהֿיה לְפָנַי Ecclesiastes 1:16 (|| הִגְּדַּ֫לְתִּי) (i.e. gain more); compare Ecclesiastes 2:9 (|| וְגָדַ֫לְתִּי); לכם תבואתו ה׳ Leviticus 19:25 (i.e. yield more); וַיּ֫וֺסֶף וגו מִכֹּל ֗֗֗ אֶת־יהוה אַחְאָב 1 Kings 16:33 (did more to provoke); add to, increase (followed by על), no object expressed עלחֿטאתנו ה׳ 2 Chronicles 28:13; עלאֿשׁמת ה׳ ישׂראל Ezra 10:10; עליו אֵין להוס֔יף Ecclesiastes 3:14 (opposed to לִגְרֹעַ), compare Deuteronomy 4:2; Deuteronomy 13:1; 1 Kings 12:11, 14; 1 Chronicles 22:14; 2 Chronicles 10:11, 14; Proverbs 30:6; Psalm 115:14; followed by אֶל (no other object expressed) Ezekiel 23:14; = give in addition וְאֹסִפָה לך 2 Samuel 12:8; מַהיֹּֿסִיף לָךְ) Psalm 120:4 (|| מַהיִּֿתֵּן לְךָ); especially in phrase כה יעשׂה אלהים יוסיףוכה (לי) לך (י׳) 1 Samuel 3:17 so may God do to thee and more also, 1 Samuel 14:44; 1 Samuel 20:13; 1 Samuel 25:22; 2 Samuel 3:9 (יוסיף לו וכה), 2 Samuel 3:35; 2 Samuel 19:14; 1 Kings 2:23; 2 Kings 6:31; Ruth 1:17; subject heathen gods 1 Kings 19:2; 1 Kings 20:10; with accusative אֹמֶץ ה׳ add strength = grow stronger Job 17:9, compare Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 9:9; Ecclesiastes 1:18 (twice in verse), also Isaiah 1:5; Proverbs 16:21; also, where subject different from indirect object Proverbs 10:27 (יוסיף ימים יראת י׳), Proverbs 19:4; Proverbs 23:23 = multiply עליכם כָּכֶם אלף פעמים ה׳ Deuteronomy 1:11 compare 1 Chronicles 21:3; אלהיךָ אלהֿעם כָּהֵם וְכָהֵם וְיוֺסֵף י׳ מֵאָה פְעָמִים 2 Samuel 24:3; compare אתכֿלאֿשׁר לְאִיּוֺב וַיֹּסֶף י׳ לְמִשְׁנֶה Job 42:10.
2.
a. followed by infinitive (with or without לְ) add to do = do again or more (in Hexateuch only J E & D); + עוֺד Genesis 8:21 (twice in verse); Genesis 18:20; Genesis 37:5, 6; Exodus 10:29; Exodus 14:13; Numbers 25:15; Deuteronomy 3:26; Deuteronomy 17:16; Deuteronomy 19:20; Deuteronomy 28:68; Judges 9:37; Judges 20:28; 1 Samuel 3:6; 1 Samuel 18:29 (increase), 1 Samuel 23:4; 1 Samuel 27:4 (Kt), 2 Samuel 2:22; 2 Samuel 5:22; 2 Samuel 7:20 (infinitive omitted in || 1 Chronicles 17:18), 2 Samuel 14:10; 2 Samuel 18:22; 2 Kings 24:7; Amos 7:8, 13; Amos 8:2; Isaiah 8:5; Isaiah 10:20; Isaiah 23:12; Isaiah 51:22; Nahum 2:1; Zephaniah 3:11; Jeremiah 31:12; Ezekiel 36:12; Psalm 10:18; Psalm 78:17; infinitive omitted Proverbs 19:19; 1 Chronicles 17:18; עוֺד omitted Genesis 4:2, 12; Genesis 8:10; Genesis 44:23; Exodus 5:7; Exodus 8:25; Exodus 9:28; Exodus 9:34; Exodus 10:28; Numbers 25:19; Numbers 25:25; Deuteronomy 13:12; Deuteronomy 18:16; Deuteronomy 25:3; Joshua 7:12; Joshua 23:13; Judges 2:31; Judges 3:12; Judges 4:1; Judges 10:16, 13; Judges 13:1; Judges 20:22, 23; 1 Samuel 3:8; 1 Samuel 3:21; 1 Samuel 9:8; 1 Samuel 19:8; 1 Samuel 20:17; 2 Samuel 3:34; 2 Samuel 7:10; 2 Samuel 24:1; 2 Kings 21:8; Isaiah 1:13; Isaiah 7:10; Isaiah 24:20; Hosea 9:13; Amos 5:2; 1 Chronicles 17:9; 2 Chronicles 28:22; 33:3; Job 27:1; Job 29:1; Psalm 41:9; Psalm 77:8; Lamentations 4:15, 16, 22; Jonah 2:5; infinitive omitted Exodus 11:6; Deuteronomy 25:3; Job 20:9; Job 34:32 = (Elihu), Job 38:11; Job 40:5; Job 40:32; Joel 2:2; compare also עֲבוֺר ה׳ Numbers 22:26 i.e. went on further.
b. followed by Imperfect with וַ (of past time) Genesis 25:1; 1 Samuel 19:21; Esther 8:3; Job 36:1 (Elihu), Daniel 10:18; + עוֺד Genesis 38:5; Judges 11:14; 1 Chronicles 14:13.
c. followed by Imperfect asynd. (Ges§ 120, 1 b, 2 b) לא תוסיפי יקראולָֿךְ Isaiah 47:1, 5; אוסיף אֲבַקְשֶׁנּוּ עוֺד Proverbs 23:35. לא אוסיף עוֺד אֲרַחֵם אֶתבֵּֿית ישׂראל Hosea 1:6; לא יוסיף יָבֹאבֿך עוֺד Isaiah 52:1.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3255.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:21; 4:2; 4:12; 8:10; 8:12; 8:12; 8:21; 18:20; 25:1; 30:24; 30:24; 37:5; 37:6; 38:5; 38:26; 38:26; 44:23; 44:23

Exodus

1:10; 1:10; 5:7; 5:7; 8:25; 9:28; 9:34; 10:28; 10:29; 11:6; 14:13

Leviticus

5:16; 19:25; 19:25; 22:14; 26:18; 26:21; 27:13; 27:15; 27:19; 27:27; 27:31

Numbers

5:7; 11:25; 22:26; 25:15; 25:19; 32:14; 32:14; 32:15; 36:3; 36:3; 36:4; 36:4

Deuteronomy

1:11; 3:26; 4:2; 5:19; 5:22; 5:22; 13:1; 13:1; 13:12; 17:16; 18:16; 18:16; 19:9; 19:9; 19:20; 20:8; 25:3; 25:3; 28:68; 32:23; 32:28

Joshua

7:12; 23:13

Judges

3:12; 4:1; 8:28; 9:37; 10:13; 10:16; 11:14; 13:1; 13:21; 20:22; 20:23; 20:28

Ruth

1:17

1 Samuel

3:6; 3:8; 3:17; 3:21; 7:13; 9:8; 12:19; 14:44; 15:35; 18:29; 18:29; 19:8; 19:21; 20:13; 20:17; 23:4; 25:22; 27:4; 27:4

2 Samuel

2:22; 2:28; 3:9; 3:34; 3:35; 5:22; 6:1; 7:10; 7:20; 12:8; 12:8; 14:10; 18:22; 19:14; 24:1; 24:3

1 Kings

2:23; 10:7; 10:7; 12:11; 12:14; 16:33; 19:2; 19:2; 20:10

2 Kings

6:23; 6:31; 19:30; 19:30; 20:6; 21:8; 24:7; 24:7

1 Chronicles

14:13; 17:9; 17:18; 17:18; 21:3; 22:14

2 Chronicles

9:6; 9:6; 10:11; 10:14; 28:13; 28:22; 33:3

Ezra

10:10

Nehemiah

13:18; 13:18

Esther

8:3

Job

17:9; 20:9; 27:1; 29:1; 34:32; 34:37; 36:1; 38:11; 40:5; 42:10

Psalms

10:18; 41:9; 61:7; 71:14; 77:8; 78:17; 104:29; 115:14; 120:4

Proverbs

1:5; 1:5; 3:2; 9:9; 9:9; 9:11; 10:22; 10:27; 11:24; 11:24; 16:21; 16:23; 19:4; 19:19; 23:23; 23:35; 30:6; 30:6

Ecclesiastes

1:16; 1:18; 1:18; 2:9; 3:14

Isaiah

1:5; 1:5; 1:13; 7:10; 7:10; 8:5; 10:20; 15:9; 15:9; 23:12; 24:20; 26:15; 26:15; 29:1; 29:1; 29:14; 29:14; 29:19; 30:1; 30:1; 37:31; 37:31; 38:5; 38:5; 47:1; 47:5; 51:22; 52:1

Jeremiah

7:21; 7:21; 31:12; 36:32; 36:32; 45:3

Lamentations

4:15; 4:16; 4:22

Ezekiel

5:16; 5:16; 23:14; 36:12

Daniel

10:18

Hosea

1:6; 1:6; 9:13; 9:15

Joel

2:2

Amos

5:2; 7:8; 7:13; 7:13; 8:2

Jonah

2:5

Nahum

2:1

Zephaniah

3:11

H3254

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Strong's Number H3254 matches the Hebrew יָסַף (yāsap̄),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:6 - And the LORD called yet again H3254, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my son, go back and lie down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:8 - So the LORD called Samuel again H3254 for the third time. And he got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli realized that the LORD was calling the boy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:17 - He said, “What is the word that He spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. May God do the same to you, and more H3254 so, if you hide a single word from me of all the words that He spoke to you!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:21 - And the LORD appeared again H3254 at Shiloh, because the LORD revealed Himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:13 - So the Philistines were subdued, and they did not come anymore H3254 within the border of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:8 - The servant answered Saul again H3254 and said, “Look, I have in my hand a fourth of a shekel of silver; I will give it to the man of God and he will tell us our way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:19 -

Then all the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants, so that we do not die; for we have added H3254 to all our sins this evil, by asking for ourselves a king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:44 - And Saul said, “May God do the same to me and more H3254 also, for you shall certainly die, Jonathan!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:35 - And Samuel did not see Saul again H3254 until the day of his death, though Samuel mourned for [fn]Saul. And the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:29 - then Saul was even more H3254 afraid of David. So Saul was David’s enemy continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:8 -

When there was war again H3254, David went out and fought the Philistines and [fn]defeated them with great slaughter, so that they fled from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:21 - When Saul was informed of this, he sent other messengers, but they also prophesied. So Saul sent messengers again H3254 the third time, yet they prophesied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:13 - “If it pleases my father to do you harm, may the LORD do so to [fn]me and more H3254 so, if I fail to [fn]inform you and send you away, so that you may go in safety. And may the LORD be with you as He has been with my father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:17 - And Jonathan made David vow again H3254 because of his love for him, because he loved him as he loved his own life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:4 - So David inquired of the LORD once H3254 more. And the LORD answered him and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah, for I am going to hand the Philistines over to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:22 - “May God do so to the enemies of David, and more H3254 so, if by morning I leave alive as much as one [fn]male of any who belong to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:4 - Now it was reported to Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he no longer H3254 searched for him.
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