prostithēmi · add

What it means

prostithēmi (προστίθημι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “add”.

Add to; do again.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To join something to what is there.
2. To do something again.
3. To be gathered to one's fathers, that is, to die.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• added ×4
• add ×3
• he went on ×3
• was added ×3
• will be added ×3
• he proceeded ×1
• was adding ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×1
• Luke×7
• Acts×6
• Galatians×1
• Hebrews×1

• Matthew 6:27

  And which of you, by worrying, can add a single cubit to his span of life?

• Matthew 6:33

  But seek first the kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

• Mark 4:24

  And he was saying to them, “Watch what you hear. With the measure you measure it will be measured to you, and more will be added to you.

• Luke 3:20

  added this also to them all, and locked up John in prison.

• Luke 12:25

  And which of you by worrying can add a cubit to the length of his life?

• Luke 12:31

  Rather, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.

• Luke 17:5

  And the apostles said to the Lord, “Add faith to us!”

• Luke 19:11

  And as they were listening to these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

• Luke 20:11

  And he went on to send another slave; but they beat that one too and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed.

• Luke 20:12

  And he went on to send a third; but they wounded this one also and threw him out.

• Acts 2:41

  So those who received his word were immersed, and on that day about three thousand persons were added.

• Acts 2:47

  praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding every day to their number those who were being saved.

• Acts 5:14

  And more than ever believers were being added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,

• Acts 11:24

  for he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large crowd was added to the Lord.

• Acts 12:3

  And when he saw that it was pleasing to the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also (and these were the days of Unleavened Bread).

• Acts 13:36

  For David, after serving the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was added to his fathers and saw decay;

• Galatians 3:19

  Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

• Hebrews 12:19

  and to the sound of a trumpet and to a voice of words, which those who heard begged that no word be added to them,