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GreekG4771Pronoun

σύ

su

2,087Occurrences
G4771Strong's #
PronounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

thou

the personal pronoun of the second person singular;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
pron. of 2nd of person(s), thou, you, genitive, σοῦ, dative, σοί, accusative, σέ, pl., ὑμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -*ᾶς *(enclitic in oblique cases sing., except after prep. (BL, §48, 3), though *πρὸς σέ *occurs in ). Nom. for emphasis or contrast: ; so also perhaps σὺ εἶπας; before voc., sometimes without emphasis, as also in cl., but esp. as rendering of Heb. phrase, e.g. *υἱός μου εἶ σύ *(בְּנִי־אַתָּה, ). The genitive (σοῦ, ὑμῶν) is sometimes placed bef. the noun: so also the enclitic σοῦ; on τί ἐμοὶ κ. σοί, see: ἐγώ.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Pronoun

Morphology Code

G:P-2

Full Description

G:P-2

Occurrences

σύ appears 2,087 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
314
Matthew
306
John
288
Acts
190
1 Corinthians
130
Mark
118
2 Corinthians
105
Romans
95

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:3BSB

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 3:18BSB

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you.

James 5:14BSB

Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

Luke 16:6BSB

‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered.‘Take your bill,’ said the manager. ‘Sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

Matthew 4:19BSB

“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.