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add

Meaning of “add”

To join or put with something else; to increase by bringing or giving more.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
33 occurrences32 verses17 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 30:24

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Deuteronomy 4:2
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:2 · retained source text

Ye shall not adde vnto the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish ought from it, that ye may keepe the Commaundements of the LORD your God, which I command you.

1611 marginal noteChap. 12.32. iosh. 1.7. pro. 30.6. reu. 22.18.

Deuteronomy 12:32
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 12:32 · retained source text

What thing soeuer I command you, obserue to doe it: thou shalt not adde thereto, nor diminish from it.

1611 marginal noteChap. 4.2. iosh. 1.7. pro. 30.6. reue. 22.18.

Deuteronomy 19:9
If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 19:9 · retained source text

(If thou shalt keepe all these commandements to doe them, which I command thee this day, to loue the LORD thy God, and to walke euer in his wayes) then shalt thou adde three cities moe for thee, beside these three:

1611 marginal noteChap. 12.20.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 20.7.

Deuteronomy 29:19
And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 29:19 · retained source text

And it come to passe when he heareth the wordes of this curse, that hee blesse himselfe in his heart, saying, I shall haue peace, though I walke in the imagination of mine heart, to adde drunkennesse to thirst:

1611 marginal noteOr, stubbornnesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the drunken to the thirstie.

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To set or put together, join or unite, as one thing or sum to another, in an agreegate; as, add three to four, the sum is seven. […] To unite in idea or consideration; to subjoin.

volume 1, leaf 123, column 2 (entry starts at OCR line 82)