προστίθημι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ποτιτίθημι (potitíthēmi)Doric

Etymology

προσ- (pros-) +‎ τίθημι (títhēmi)

Pronunciation

 

Verb

προστίθημῐ • (prostíthēmĭ)

  1. to put in front of, shut
  2. to hand over, deliver
  3. to grant, bestow
  4. to impose
  5. to attribute, impute
  6. to add, increase
  7. to join
  8. (Koine, followed by ind. or inf.) to do again; to repeat or continue[1]
    • Genesis 4:2a (LXX)
      καί προσέθηκεν τεκεῖν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν Αβελ.
    • Luke 20:11
      καὶ προσέθετο ἕτερον πέμψαι δοῦλον...
  9. (in middle voice) to agree with/to
  10. (in middle voice) to associate with
  11. (in middle voice) to gain
  12. (in middle voice) to bring upon

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References

  1. ^ See Frederick William Danker, The Concise Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2009), 306; G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922), 387.

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