יָסַף

yâçaph · Hebrew · Strong's H3254 · 209 occurrences

The KJV renders 43 different Hebrew and Greek words as “make”

What it means

to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

add, continue, exceed, get more, give moreover, increase, join, make, much, put, yet more, proceed, prolong, be stronger, yield

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“make”

also renders kataskeuázō (G2680), procheirízomai (G4400), poiéō (G4160), synistáō (G4921), títhēmi (G5087), dídōmi (G1325), speúdō (G4692), synteléō (G4931), diatíthemai (G1303), perisseúō (G4052), kathístēmi (G2525), gennáō (G1080), ktízō (G2936), symbállō (G4820), ʼârak (H748), bûwsh (H954), bᵉnâʼ (H1124), bᵉʻâʼ (H1156), bârâʼ (H1254), gâdal (H1431), hâlal (H1984), hâphak (H2015), hârag (H2026), chûwl (H2342), yâdaʻ (H3045), nâthan (H5414), ʻăbad (H5648), ʻâmaq (H6009), ʻâtsab (H6087), ʻâsâh (H6213), ʻâshar (H6238), pâlaç (H6424), pâʻal (H6466), pâqad (H6485), pᵉshar (H6590), qûwm (H6966), qâlal (H7043), râbâh (H7235), râphad (H7502), râqach (H7543), sûwm (H7761), shîyth (H7896)

“increase”

also renders prostíthēmi (G4369), auxánō (G837), perisseúō (G4052), prokóptō (G4298), aúxēsis (G838), gâʼâh (H1342), gâdal (H1431), yᵉbûwl (H2981), marbeh (H4766), marbîyth (H4768), nûwb (H5107), pârâh (H6509), rab (H7227), râbab (H7231), râbâh (H7235), sâgâʼ (H7679), sâgâh (H7685), sheger (H7698), tᵉbûwʼâh (H8393), tarbûwth (H8635)

“put”

also renders poiéō (G4160), kathairéō (G2507), epibállō (G1911), títhēmi (G5087), dídōmi (G1325), bállō (G906), bâṭach (H982), hâdâh (H1911), yânach (H3240), nâsag (H5381), nâthan (H5414), çâphâh (H5595), ʻâmaç (H6006), ʻâsâh (H6213), tsâvâh (H6680), râchaq (H7368), râkab (H7392), shîyth (H7896), shᵉlach (H7972)

“continue”

also renders hístēmi (G2476), poiéō (G4160), gínomai (G1096), paraménō (G3887), emménō (G1696), diateléō (G1300), kathízō (G2523), epiménō (G1961), diatríbō (G1304), parateínō (G3905), ménō (G3306), diaménō (G1265), ʼâchar (H309), châzaq (H2388), yâshab (H3427), lûwn (H3885), shâkan (H7931)

“much”

also renders hikanós (G2425), mâllon (G3123), hósos (G3745), polýs (G4183), gâdôwl (H1419), kâbêd (H3515), kabbîyr (H3524), mᵉʼôd (H3966), mirbâh (H4767), saggîyʼ (H7690)

“yield”

also renders peíthō (G3982), poiéō (G4160), parístēmi (G3936), dídōmi (G1325), apodídōmi (G591), gâmal (H1580), zâraʻ (H2232), yᵉhab (H3052), nâthan (H5414), ʻâsâh (H6213)

“join”

also renders proskolláō (G4347), kolláō (G2853), bâchar (H977), chûwṭ (H2338), yâchad (H3161), çâphâh (H5595), qâṭar (H7000)

“add”

also renders epiphérō (G2018), prostíthēmi (G4369), epichorēgéō (G2023), yᵉçaph (H3255), nâthan (H5414), çâphâh (H5595)

“exceed”

also renders perisseúō (G4052), gâbar (H1396), gâdal (H1431)

“proceed”

also renders exérchomai (G1831), ekporeúomai (G1607), prokóptō (G4298)

“prolong”

also renders ʼârak (H748)

“be stronger”

also renders gâbar (H1396)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

209 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 14:13 · HC/Vhw3mp

The Philistines made another raid in the valley.

1 Chronicles 17:9 · HVhi3mp

I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more. The children of wickedness will not waste them any more, as at the first,

1 Chronicles 17:18 · HVhi3ms

What can David say yet more to you concerning the honor which is done to your servant? For you know your servant.

1 Chronicles 21:3 · HVhj3ms

Joab said, “May Yahweh make his people a hundred times as many as they are. But, my lord the king, aren’t they all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?”

1 Chronicles 22:14 · HVhi2ms

Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for Yahweh’s house one hundred thousand talents of gold, one million talents of silver, and bronze and iron without weight; for it is in abundance. I have also prepared timber and stone; and you may add to them.

1 Kings 2:23 · HVhj3ms

Then King Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

1 Kings 10:7 HVhp2ms1 Kings 12:11 HVhi1cs1 Kings 12:14 HVhi1cs1 Kings 16:33 HC/Vhw3ms1 Kings 19:2 HVhj3mp/Sn1 Kings 20:10 HVhj3mp1 Samuel 3:6 HC/Vhw3ms1 Samuel 3:8 HC/Vhw3ms1 Samuel 3:17 HVhj3ms1 Samuel 3:21 HC/Vhw3ms1 Samuel 7:13 HVqp3cp1 Samuel 9:8 HC/Vhw3ms1 Samuel 12:19 HVqp1cp1 Samuel 14:44 HVhj3ms1 Samuel 15:35 HVqp3ms1 Samuel 18:29 HC/Vhw3ms1 Samuel 19:8 HC/Vhw3fs1 Samuel 19:21 HC/Vhw3ms1 Samuel 20:13 HVhj3ms1 Samuel 20:17 HC/Vhw3ms1 Samuel 23:4 HC/Vhw3ms1 Samuel 25:22 HVhj3ms1 Samuel 27:4 HVqrmsa2 Chronicles 9:6 HVqp2ms2 Chronicles 10:11 HVhi1cs2 Chronicles 10:14 HVhi1cs2 Chronicles 28:13 HR/Vhc2 Chronicles 28:22 HC/Vhw3ms2 Chronicles 33:8 HVhi1cs2 Kings 6:23 HVqp3cp2 Kings 6:31 HVhj3ms2 Kings 19:30 HC/Vqp3fs2 Kings 20:6 HC/Vhq1cs2 Kings 21:8 HVhi1cs2 Kings 24:7 HVhp3ms2 Samuel 2:22 HC/Vhw3ms2 Samuel 2:28 HVqp3cp2 Samuel 3:9 HVhj3ms2 Samuel 3:34 HC/Vhw3mp2 Samuel 3:35 HVhj3ms2 Samuel 5:22 HC/Vhw3mp2 Samuel 7:10 HVhi3mp2 Samuel 7:20 HVhi3ms2 Samuel 12:8 HC/Vhh1cs2 Samuel 14:10 HVhi3ms2 Samuel 18:22 HC/Vhw3ms2 Samuel 19:13 HVhj3ms2 Samuel 24:1 HC/Vhw3ms2 Samuel 24:3 HC/Vhj3msAmos 5:2 HVhi3fsAmos 7:8 HVhi1csAmos 7:13 HVhi2msAmos 8:2 HVhi1csDaniel 10:18 HC/Vhw3ms

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.