Strong's Hebrew · H3254

H3254 yâçaph

יָסַף

yaw-saf'

to add

yâçaph appears 212 times in Scripture, including Genesis 4:2 and Genesis 4:12. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

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

In the King James Version

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.

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 212 times in Scripture

Genesis 4:2

“Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.”

Genesis 18:29

“Once again Abraham spoke to the LORD, “Suppose forty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the forty, I will not do it.””

Genesis 25:1

“Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,”

Genesis 4:12

“When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.””

Genesis 30:24

“She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.””

Genesis 8:12

“And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.”

Genesis 8:21

“When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.”

Genesis 37:5

“Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.”

Genesis 8:10

“Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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Strong's concordance glosses from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0). Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain.

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