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G4771 σύ (sý)

Greek
Personal pronoun
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Quick Definition

σύ, σοῦ, σοί, σέ Pers.pr. you

Strong's Definition

thou

Derivation: the personal pronoun of the second person singular;

KJV Usage: thou

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

σύ, pron. of the second pers. (Dor. and Aeol. τύ, Boeot. Tov), gen. σοῦ, dat. σοί, ace. σέ (which oblique cases are enclitic, unless a preposition precede; yet πρός σε is written [uniformly in Ree. (exe. Mt. xxvi. 18), in Grsb. (exe. Jn. xxi. 22, 23), in Treg. (exc. Mt. xxvi. 18; Acts xxiii. 30), in Lchm. (exe. Mt. xxvi.18; Jn. xvii. 11, 13; xxi. 22, 23; Acts xxiii. 30), in Tdf. (exe. Mt. xxvi. 18; Lk. i. 19; Jn. xvii. 11, 13; Jn. xxi. 22; Acts xxiii. 18, 30; 1 Tim. iii. 14; Tit. iii. 12); also by WH in Mt. xxv. 39], see ἐγώ, 2; Lipsius, Grammat. Untersuch. p. 62 sq. [W. §6, 3; B. 31 (27)]); plur. ὑμεῖς, εἴς. : Lat. tu, ete., vos, ete.; thou, ete., ye,ete. The nominatives ov and ὑμεῖς are expressed for emphasis — before a vocative, as σὺ Βηθλεέμ, Mt. ii. 6; σὺ παιδίον (Leian. dial. deor. 2, 1), Lk. i. 76; add, Jn. xvii. 5; Acts i. 24; 1 Tim. vi. 11, etc.; ὑμεῖς of Φαρισαῖοι, Lk. xi. 39; — or when the pron. has a noun ora ptep. added to it in apposition in order to define it more sharply, as σὺ ᾿Ιουδαῖος ὧν (thou, being a Jew), Jn. iv. 9, cf. Gal. ii. 14; ὑμεῖς πονηροὶ ὄντες, Mt. vii. 11;—or when several are addressed who are at the same time particularized, ov... σύ, Jas. ii. 3; also in antithesis, Mt. iii. 14; vi. 17; xi. 3; Mk. xiv. 36; Lk. xvi. 7; Jn. ii. 10; 111. 2; Acts x. 15; 1 Co. iii. 23; Jas. ii. 18, and very often; sometimes the antithetic term is suppressed, but is easily understood from the context: εἰ σὺ εἶ, if it be thou, and not an apparition, Mt. xiv. 28 ; add, Lk. xv. 31; xvii. 8, ete.; —or when a particle is added, as σὺ οὖν (at the close of an argument, when the discourse reverts to the person to be directly addressed), Lk. iv. 7; Jn. viii. 5; Acts xxiii. 21; 2 Tim.ii.1,3; od δέ (in contrasts), Lk. ix. 60; 2 Tim. iii. 10; Tit. ii. 1; Heb. i. 11, etc.; ὑμεῖς δέ, Mt. xxi. 13; Jas. ii. 6; καὶ σύ, and thou, thou also, thou too, Mt. xi. 23; xxvi. 69, 73; Lk. x.15; xix. 19, 42; xxii. 58; plur., Mt. xv. 3,16; Lk. xvii. 10; before the 2d pers. of the verb where the person is to be emphasized (like the Germ. du, thr eben, du da, ‘it is thou,’ ‘thou art the very man,’ etc.), σὺ εἶ, Mt. xxvil. 11; Mk. xv. 2; Lk. xxiii. 3; Jn.i. 19; iii. 10; iv. 12; viii. 53; Acts xxiii. 3, ete.; plur. Lk. ix. 55 Ree. ; σὺ λέγεις, εἶπας, Mt. xxvi. 25; xxvii. 11; Mk. xv. 2; it is used also without special emphasis ([ef. B. § 129, 12, and] see ἐγώ, 1), Mk. xiv.68; Jn. viii. 13; Acts vii. 28, ete. The genitives σοῦ and ὑμῶν, joined to substantives, have the force of a possessive, and are placed —sometimes after the noun, as τὸν πόδα σου, Mt. iv. 6; τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ὑμῶν, Mt. v. 47, and very often; —sometimes before the noun (see ἐγώ, 3 b.), as σοῦ αἱ ἁμαρτίαι, Lk. vii. 48; σοῦ τῆς vedrntos, 1 Tim. iv. 12; ὑμῶν δὲ καὶ τρίχες» Mt. x. 30; add, Mk. x. 43 [here Ree. after]; Lk. xii. 30; Jn. xvi. 6; Ro. xiv. 16; 2 Co. i. 24 [here now before, now after] ;—sometimes between the article and noun, as τὴν ὑμῶν ἐπιπόθησιν, 2 Co. vii. 7; add, 2 Co. viii. 14 (13), 14; xiii. 9; Phil. i. 19, 25; ii. 30; Col. 1. 8. ἔσται gov πάντα (raoa), Lk. iv. 7 [ef. B. § 132, 11, 1. 8.1. It is added to the pronoun αὐτός : σοῦ αὐτῆς, Lk. ii. 35. On the phrase τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί. see ἐγώ,4. [(Ετ. Hom.on.)]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

σύ sy 2x

you, gen., σοῦ, dat., σοί, acc., σέ, Mt. 1:20; 2:6

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

σύ, pron. of 2nd pers., thou, you, gen., σοῦ, dat., σοί, acc., σέ, pl., ὑμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς (enclitic in oblique cases sing., except after prep. (BL, §48, 3), though πρὸς σέ occurs in Mt 25:39). Nom. for emphasis or contrast: Jo 1:30, 42 4:10 5:33, 39, 44, Ac 4:7, Eph 5:32; so also perhaps σὺ εἶπας, Mt 26:64, al. (M, Pr., 86); before voc., Mt 2:6, Lk 1:76, Jo 17:5, al.; sometimes without emphasis (M, Pr., 85f.), as also in cl., but esp. as rendering of Heb. phrase, e.g. υἱός μου εἶ σύ (בְּנִי־אַתָּה, Ps 2:7), Ac 13:33. The gen. (σοῦ, ὑμῶν) is sometimes placed bef. the noun: Lk 7:48, 12:30, al.; so also the enclitic σοῦ, Mt 9:6; on τί ἐμοὶ κ. σοί, v.s. ἐγώ.

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

σύ [page 594] thou (for enclitic forms, cf. Blass Gr. p. 165). On the emphasis to be attached to the pronoun in the difficult Mat_26:64 σὺ εἶπας , you say it, the word is yours, see Proleg. p. 85 f. For the personal pronoun taking the place of the reflexive, cf. P Tebt I. 20 .5 (B.C. 113) χαριεῖ σὺν σοὶ αὐτὸν εἰσαγαγών , you will do me a favour by personally introducing him (Edd.), and ib , 30 .13 (B.C. 115) καλῶς ποιήσεις [[ . . ]] συντάξας καὶ παρὰ σοὶ ἀναγράφειν εἰς αὐτὸν ἀκολο [ύθω ]ς , please order the land to be entered accordingly on your list too under his name (Edd.) : see further Mayser Gr. II. i. p. 67, and for the indirect reflexive, see ib. pp. 68, 71. One or two irregular forms which occur in the vernacular may be noted σέ for σοί , P Oxy IV. 744 .8 (B.C. 1) (= Selections , p. 33) ἐὰν εὐθὺς ὀφώνιον λάβωμεν ἀποστελῶ σε ἄνω , ib. I. 119 .4 (ii/iii A.D.) (= Selections , p. 103) οὐ μὴ γράψω σε ἐπιστολήν , οὔτε λαλῶ σε , οὔτε υἱγένω σε : σέν for σέ , P Lond 417 .10 ( c. A.D. 346) (= II. p. 299, Selections , p. 124), ἐπειδὴ ἀσχολῶ ἐλθῖν πρὸ [ς ] σὲν αὐτεημερέ ( l. αὐταὶ ἡμέραι ) : ἐσοῦ for σοῦ , P Oxy III. 531 .4 (ii/A.D.) τοὺς μετ᾽ ἐσοῦ πάντας , ib. I. 119 .4 (ii/iii A.D.) (= Selections , p. 103) ἢ οὐ θέλις ἀπενέκκειν ( l. ἀπενεγκεῖν ) μετ᾽ ἐσοῦ εἰς Ἀλεξανδρίαν ; cf. also Dieterich Untersuch. p. 190 ff. For the phrase τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί ; in Joh_2:4 , see s.v. ἐγώ , and add a note by C. Lattey in JTS xx. (1919), p. 335 f., where the words are taken as = let me be. See also Epict. iv. 2. 8 μηδέν σοι καὶ αὐτοῖς ( sc . ἔστω ).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

σύ (su) — you. σύ [ῠ], thou: pronoun of the second person:—Epic dialect nominative τύνη [ῡ] [Refs 8th c.BC+] (Laconian dialect τούνη [Refs 5th c.AD+]; Aeolic dialect σύ [Refs 7th c.BC+]; Doric dialect τύ [ῠ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect τού [short syllable] [Refs 6th c.BC+] (also τούν [Refs]σύ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]—Gen. σοῦ, [Refs], elsewhere only Attic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; enclitic σου, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (also in Lyric poetry, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (which also occurs in Lyric poetry, [Refs 7th c.BC+], and as enclitic σευ, [Refs 8th c.BC+], σεο (enclitic) [Refs] σευ (enclitic) [Refs]:—Doric dialect τεῦ, τευ, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; rarely τέο, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect τεῦς [Refs 6th c.BC+]; Doric dialect τεοῦς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοι variant in [Refs]; enclitic τεος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; other Doric dialect forms are τίω, τίως, both [Refs 3rd c.BC+]—Dat. σοί, [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; Doric dialect τοί [Refs 7th c.BC+]; Doric dialect, Lesb., and Ionic dialect enclitic τοι[Refs 8th c.BC+], Lesbian Lyric poetry, and Ionic dialect Lyric poetry and Prose τοι is always enclitic, σοί never enclitic (τοί and σοι are not found except σοι [Refs 8th c.BC+], and in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarer than τοι in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect both σοί and σοι (enclitic) are used (σοί [Refs 5th c.BC+], τοί and τοι are not used; σοι is never elided except in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect and Lyric poetry also τεΐν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also τίν [ῐ], [Refs 7th c.BC+]; τίν [ῑ], [Refs 3rd c.BC+] before a consonant, [Refs 7th c.BC+]—Acc. σέ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; enclitic σε,[Refs 7th c.BC+]; in late Gr. σέν, [Refs]; Doric dialect τέ [Refs 7th c.BC+]; τ᾽ variant (codex R) in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρέ (to be read τϝέ) [Refs 5th c.AD+]; or (enclitic) τυ [Refs 6th c.BC+]

2. in combination with γε, σύ γε, σέ γε, etc. (compare ἔγωγε), thou at least, for thy part, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+] and Attic dialect; Doric dialect τύγε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect τούγα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: dative σοί γε [Refs 8th c.BC+]: accusative σέ γε [Refs], etc.:—also σύ περ [Refs]

3. σύ with infinitive (as imperative), [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. Dual nominative and accusative σφῶϊ, [Refs 8th c.BC+], you two, both of you; σφώ (not σφῴ,[Refs 8th c.BC+]—Gen. and Dat. σφῶϊν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; contraction σφῷν once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]. None of these forms are enclitic, [Refs 5th c.BC+] enclitic; Ζεὺς σφὼ is prescribed in [Refs 8th c.BC+] —σφῶϊ is never dative; in [Refs 8th c.BC+] it is the accusative depending on κελεύ; σφῶϊν is never accusative; in [Refs 8th c.BC+]

III. Plur. nominative ὑμεῖς, [Refs 8th c.BC+], ye, you; Aeolic dialect and Epic dialect ὔμμες [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect ὑμές [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect οὐμές [Refs 6th c.BC+]; a resolved form ὑμέες, [Refs 1st c.BC+] rather than genuine Ionic [Refs 5th c.BC+]— Gen. ὑμῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑμέων (disyllable) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑμέων also [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect ὑμέων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὑμῶν, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Aeolic dialect ὑμμέων [Refs 7th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect οὐμίων [Refs 6th c.BC+]—Dat. ὑμῖν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect enclitic ὗμῐν [Refs 2nd c.AD+] also Doric dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect (not enclitic) ὑμίν [ῐ] [Refs]; ὑμίν [ῐ] also in [Refs 5th c.BC+] should perhaps be restored where the sense needs an enclitic on the principle stated by [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὕμιν[Refs 8th c.BC+]—Acc. ὑμᾶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc. (-υ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὗμας or (more probably) ὕμας is required by the metre in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Ionic dialect ὑμέας (disyllable) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; enclitic ὕμεας (disyllable) [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὑμέας also [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect and Epic dialect ὔμμε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect ὑμέ [Refs 7th c.BC+]—The plural is sometimes used in addressing one person, when others are included in the speaker's thought, as [Refs 8th c.BC+] cf. Latin tu, Gothic pu; with τοι Sanskrit genitive and dative te; the origin of σφῶϊ is doubtful; with ὑμεῖς cf. Sanskrit accusative plural yusmān.)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

σύ, 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 Mat.25:39). Nom. for emphasis or contrast: Jhn.1:30, 4:10, 5:33, 39, 44, Act.4:7, Eph.5:32; so also perhaps σὺ εἶπας, Mat.26:64, al. (M, Pr., 86); before voc., Mat.2:6, Luk.1:76, Jhn.17:5, al.; sometimes without emphasis (M, Pr., 85f.), as also in cl., but esp. as rendering of Heb. phrase, e.g. υἱός μου εἶ σύ (בְּנִי־אַתָּה, Psa.2:7), Act.13:33. The genitive (σοῦ, ὑμῶν) is sometimes placed bef. the noun: Luk.7:48, 12:30, al.; so also the enclitic σοῦ, Mat.9:6; on τί ἐμοὶ κ. σοί, see: ἐγώ. (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2029)

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