Definition
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 Matthew 25:39). Nom. for emphasis or contrast: John 1:30; 4:10; 5:33, 39, 44, Acts 4:7, Ephesians 5:32; so also perhaps σὺ εἶπας, Matthew 26:64, al. (M, Pr., 86); before voc., Matthew 2:6, Luke 1:76, John 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, Psalm 2:7), Acts 13:33. The genitive (σοῦ, ὑμῶν) is sometimes placed bef. the noun: Luke 7:48; 12:30, al.; so also the enclitic σοῦ, Matthew 9:6; on τί ἐμοὶ κ. σοί, see: ἐγώ.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as σύ:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
2,907 total
- Acts 7:3σου · your; σοι · you…and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’
- Acts 7:4ὑμεῖς · youSo Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.
- Acts 7:27σε · youBut the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
- Acts 7:28σὺ · {Do} youDo you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
- Acts 7:32σου · of your‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.
- Acts 7:33σουThen the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
- Acts 7:34σε · youI have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’
- Acts 7:35σε · youThis Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
- Acts 7:37ὑμῖν · for you; ὑμῶν · yourThis is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
- Acts 7:43ὑμῶν · your; ὑμᾶςYou have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
- Acts 7:51ὑμεῖς · You; ὑμῶν · your; ὑμεῖςYou stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
- Acts 7:52ὑμῶν · {did} your; ὑμεῖς · youWhich of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
- Acts 8:20σου · {May} your; σοὶ · youBut Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
- Acts 8:21σοι · You; σου · yourYou have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.
- Acts 8:22σου · your; σοι · you; σου · yourRepent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.
- Acts 8:23σε · youFor I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”
- Acts 8:24ὑμεῖςThen Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
- Acts 8:34σου“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”
- Acts 9:5σὺ · you“Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.
- Acts 9:6σοι; σε · you“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
- Acts 9:13σου · YourBut Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
- Acts 9:14σου · YourAnd now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”
- Acts 9:17σοι · to youSo Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
- Acts 9:34σε · you“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,
- Acts 10:4σου · Your; σουCornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
- The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
- Acts 10:19σε · youAs Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.
- Acts 10:22σε; σοῦ · you“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
- Acts 10:28Ὑμεῖς · YouHe said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
- Acts 10:31σου · your; σου · your…and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
- Acts 10:33σέ · you; σύ · you; σοι · you [to tell us]So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”
- Acts 10:37Ὑμεῖς · You yourselvesYou yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:
- But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’
- Acts 11:14σὲ · youHe will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’