UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: προστίθημι; impf.3sg.; προσετίθει; προστίθημι; aor.; προσέθηκα; προστίθημι; impv.; πρόσθες; προστίθημι; inf.; προσθεῖναι; προστίθημι; ptc.; προσθείς; προστίθημι; subj.; προσθῶ; προστίθημι; aor.midd.; προσεθέμην; προστίθημι; aor.pass.; προσετέθην; προστίθημι; inf.; προστεθῆναι; προστίθημι; fut.pass.; προστεθήσομαι

Related lemmas: τίθημι

Sense 1: to add

Semantic entry: 59.72

Semantic domains: Quantity

Subdomains: Add, Subtract

Definition: to add something to an existing quantity

Notes: In a number of languages it is not at all difficult to speak of ‘adding things,’ but to add events may provide some special difficulties in restructuring. For example, in RV LUK 3:20 · LV LUK 3:20 · Read together LUK 3:20 it may be important to translate as ‘he had done many other bad things, but he also did this,’ and in RV GAL 2:6 · LV GAL 2:6 · Read together GAL 2:6 it may be helpful to translate ‘for those who were of repute did not say that I should do anything more than I was doing.’

MAT 6:27: RV MAT 6:27 · LV MAT 6:27 · Read together MAT 6:27

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OET-RV MAT 6:27

27 Who can add an hour to their lifetime by worrying?

OET-LV MAT 6:27

27 And who of you _all worrying is _able to _add one hour to the lifespan of _him?

MRK 4:24: RV MRK 4:24 · LV MRK 4:24 · Read together MRK 4:24

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OET-RV MRK 4:24

24 and he continued, “Take care what you listen to. How much you all judge others, so too will judgement be handed out to you, and even more. DOUBLE-CHECK

OET-LV MRK 4:24

24 And he _was _saying to _them:
Be _watching _out what you _all _are _hearing.
With that measure you _all _are _measuring, it _will _be _being _measured to _you _all and it _will _be _being _added to _you _all.

All 15 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 6:27 · LV MAT 6:27 · Read together MAT 6:27

MRK: RV MRK 4:24 · LV MRK 4:24 · Read together MRK 4:24

LUK: RV LUK 3:20 · RV LUK 12:25 · RV LUK 17:5 · RV LUK 19:11 · RV LUK 20:11–12 · LV LUK 3:20 · LV LUK 12:25 · LV LUK 17:5 · LV LUK 19:11 · LV LUK 20:11–12 · Read together LUK 3:20 · Read together LUK 12:25 · Read together LUK 17:5 · Read together LUK 19:11 · Read together LUK 20:11–12

ACT: RV ACT 2:41 · RV ACT 2:47 · RV ACT 5:14 · RV ACT 11:24 · RV ACT 12:3 · LV ACT 2:41 · LV ACT 2:47 · LV ACT 5:14 · LV ACT 11:24 · LV ACT 12:3 · Read together ACT 2:41 · Read together ACT 2:47 · Read together ACT 5:14 · Read together ACT 11:24 · Read together ACT 12:3

GAL: RV GAL 3:19 · LV GAL 3:19 · Read together GAL 3:19

HEB: RV HEB 12:19 · LV HEB 12:19 · Read together HEB 12:19

Sense 2: to give, to provide, to grant

Semantic entry: 57.78

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Give

Definition: to place something at the disposal of someone else

MAT 6:33: RV MAT 6:33 · LV MAT 6:33 · Read together MAT 6:33

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OET-RV MAT 6:33

33 So instead you should be striving to enter God’s kingdom and to be guiltless in his eyes, and then all these other things will just follow.

OET-LV MAT 6:33

33 But be _seeking first the kingdom and the righteousness of _him, and all these things will _be _being _added to _you _all.

LUK 12:31: RV LUK 12:31 · LV LUK 12:31 · Read together LUK 12:31

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OET-RV LUK 12:31

31 Rather you should be striving to enter his kingdom, and then all these things will come as a bonus.

OET-LV LUK 12:31

31 However be _seeking the kingdom of _him, and these things will _be _being _added to _you _all.

Sense 3: to bury

Semantic entry: 52.7

Semantic domains: Funerals and Burial

Definition: (a Semitic idiom, literally: to place with his fathers) to carry out a burial procedure

Collocations: προστίθημι πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτοῦ

ACT 13:36: RV ACT 13:36 · LV ACT 13:36 · Read together ACT 13:36

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OET-RV ACT 13:36

36 This can’t be David, because after he’d served his own generation as God led him, he indeed died and was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed.

OET-LV ACT 13:36