יָסַף yasaph

Hebrew word for “to add” · Strong’s H3254 · used 212 times in 208 verses

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Meaning

: again/continue/more[instances];

Senses in the lexicon

• to add: again (121)
• to add (91)

How it is translated

Glosses given for yasaph in context, with how often each is used:

• repeated 47
• will repeat 47
• will add 22
• may he add 15
• will increase 8
• increased 8
• add 7
• adds 5
• have added 5
• added 4
• him add 4
• will repeat ! 3

Where it is used

Also in 20 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 27 (5), Numbers 22 (4), 1 Samuel 3 (4), Genesis 8 (3), Judges 20 (3), 2 Samuel 3 (3), Isaiah 29 (3), Lamentations 4 (3), Genesis 4 (2), Genesis 37 (2)

Forms

• ויסף 27
• יסיף 15
• יוסיף 15
• יסף 14
• אוסיף 11
• ויוסף 10
• ויספו 9
• יוסף 8
• יספו 6
• תוסף 6

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yasaph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עוֹד od “still” 64
• אִם im “if” 24
• נִי ni “me” 20
• חֲמִישִׁי chamishi “fifth” 10
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 20
• כֹּה koh “thus” 16
• רָאָה raah “to see” 19
• הֶם hem “them” 16
• רַע ra “bad” 13
• מָה mah “what?” 13
• דָּבָר davar “word” 16
• דָּוִד david “David” 14

Key verses

The verses using yasaph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s…
• Exodus 14:13 — And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have…
• Numbers 11:25 — And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass,…
• Job 42:10 — And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
• Proverbs 10:22 — The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
• Isaiah 1:5 — Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
• Isaiah 11:11 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from…
• Isaiah 47:1 — Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be…
• Isaiah 52:1 — Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the…
• Jeremiah 31:12 — Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for…
• Hosea 9:15 — All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more:…
• Joel 2:2 — A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.