What does προστίθημι · πίστις mean in the Bible?
προστίθημι · πίστις is a Greek phrase meaning "add to us faith, increase our faith".
Greek · G4369, G4102
πρόσθες ἡμῖν πίστιν
To add (to) · faith
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προστίθημι G4369 to add (to)
Pronunciation prostíthēmi
To add or join to something; often signals continuation or repetition of an action in Hebrew idiom.
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πίστις G4102 faith
Pronunciation pístis
Trust in God or Christ as the decisive principle of Christian life and salvation, not mere intellectual assent.
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What does πρόσθες ἡμῖν πίστιν (prosthes hēmin pistin) mean in the Bible?
προστίθημι · πίστις is a Greek phrase meaning "add to us faith, increase our faith".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4369, G4102?
G4369, G4102 is connected to 18 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. add to us faith, increase our faith
Source Gloss
add to us faith, increase our faith
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 4 Aligned forms 18 Tenses Future, Aorist, Imperfect Voices Passive, Middle, Active
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 13×
Aorist Passive Acts 11:24 · Acts 13:36 · Gal 3:19 · Acts 2:41 4×
Future Passive Matt 6:33 · Mark 4:24 · Luke 12:31 3×
Aorist Middle Luke 20:11 · Luke 20:12 · Acts 12:3 3×
Aorist Active Luke 3:20 1×
Imperfect Active Acts 2:47 1×
Imperfect Passive Acts 5:14 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 3×
Aorist Active Matt 6:27 · Luke 12:25 2×
Aorist Passive Heb 12:19 1×
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Aorist Active Luke 17:5 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Aorist Active Luke 19:11 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 18 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 13 future 3 imperfect 2
Voice
passive 9 active 6 middle 3
Mood
indicative 13 infinitive 3 imperative 1 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 6:27 προσθεῖναι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 6:33 προστεθήσεται future passive indicative prospective Mark 4:24 προστεθήσεται future passive indicative prospective Luke 3:20 προσέθηκεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 12:25 προσθεῖναι aorist active infinitive infinitive Luke 12:31 προστεθήσεται future passive indicative prospective Luke 17:5 Πρόσθες aorist active imperative imperative Luke 19:11 προσθεὶς aorist active participle participle Luke 20:11 προσέθετο aorist middle indicative completed Luke 20:12 προσέθετο aorist middle indicative completed Acts 2:41 προσετέθησαν aorist passive indicative completed Acts 2:47 προσετίθει imperfect active indicative background Acts 5:14 προσετίθεντο imperfect passive indicative background Acts 11:24 προσετέθη aorist passive indicative completed Acts 12:3 προσέθετο aorist middle indicative completed Acts 13:36 προσετέθη aorist passive indicative completed Galatians 3:19 προσετέθη aorist passive indicative completed Hebrews 12:19 προστεθῆναι aorist passive infinitive infinitive
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)
Word Origins
πρόσθες ἡμῖν πίστιν is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain