προστίθημι
To add (to)
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What does προστίθημι (prostíthēmi) mean in the Bible?
προστίθημι (prostíthēmi) is a Greek word meaning "to add (to)". προσ-τίθημι [in LXX chiefly for יָסַף hi. Growth in the church is attributed to the Lord’s active saving work, grounding confidence in divine grace rather than human strategy. This term runs through the canonical themes of Faith.
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Meaning
To add or join to something; often signals continuation or repetition of an action in Hebrew idiom.
Why This Word Matters
Growth in the church is attributed to the Lord’s active saving work, grounding confidence in divine grace rather than human strategy. Acts 2:42-47
Growth is attributed to God’s action in bringing people to faith. Acts 5:12-16
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
Indicative states a fact or reality 13×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 3×
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 18 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Canonical Themes
Biblical Occurrences
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Appears In
Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.
Word Pictures (Robertson)
A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.
A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain