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Vocabulary Form

σύ

Definition

you (sg)

Erasmian

Modern

Frequency

2906

5148

Mnemonics

I'll sue you!

Mnemonic Singing

You art worthy,
You art worthy,
You art worthy O Lord.

Song

Notes

In English, "you" can be either singular or plural. σύ is always singular. Greek has a different form for the plural.

Biblical Concordance

Luke 15:30	But when this son of yours (sou \| σου \| gen sg 2nd) came, who has consumed your (sou \| σου \| gen sg 2nd) estate with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’
Luke 15:31	Then the father said to him, ‘Son, you (sy \| σύ \| nom sg 2nd) are always with me, and everything I have is yours.
Luke 15:32	We had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours (sou \| σου \| gen sg 2nd), was dead and has come alive; he was lost and has been found.’”
Luke 16:2	So he called him in and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you (sou \| σοῦ \| gen sg 2nd)? Hand over the account of your (sou \| σου \| gen sg 2nd) stewardship, because you cannot be my manager any longer.’
Luke 16:6	He said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ So he told him, ‘Take your (sou \| σου \| gen sg 2nd) contract, sit down quickly, and write fifty.’
Luke 16:7	Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you (sy \| σύ \| nom sg 2nd) owe?’ He answered, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your (sou \| σου \| gen sg 2nd) contract, and write eighty.’
Luke 16:25	But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you received your (sou \| σου \| gen sg 2nd) good things during your (sou \| σου \| gen sg 2nd) lifetime, and Lazarus correspondingly received bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you (sy \| σύ \| nom sg 2nd) are in anguish.
Luke 16:27	So the rich man said, ‘Then I beg you (se \| σε \| acc sg 2nd), father, send Lazarus to the house of my father
Luke 17:3	“Be on your guard! If your (sou \| σου \| gen sg 2nd) brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.
Luke 17:4	And if he sins against you (se \| σέ \| acc sg 2nd) seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you (se \| σέ \| acc sg 2nd) saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
Luke 17:8	Will he not, rather, say to him, ‘Prepare what I am to eat, then change clothes and wait on me while I eat and drink, and after this you (sy \| σύ \| nom sg 2nd) may eat and drink’?
Luke 17:19	Then he said to the man, “Get up and go; your (sou \| σου \| gen sg 2nd) faith has made you (se \| σε \| acc sg 2nd) well.”
Luke 18:11	The Pharisee stood and prayed like this to himself: ‘God, I thank you (soi \| σοι \| dat sg 2nd) that I am not like the rest of mankind — swindlers, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
Luke 18:20	You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; Honor your (sou \| σου \| gen sg 2nd) father and mother.’
Luke 18:22	Upon hearing this, Jesus said to him, “One thing you (soi \| σοι \| dat sg 2nd) still lack: sell all that you have and distribute the proceeds to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
Luke 18:28	Then Peter said, “Look, we have left what was ours and followed you.” (soi \| σοι \| dat sg 2nd)
Luke 18:41	“What do you want me to do for (soi \| σοι \| dat sg 2nd) you?” (soi \| σοι \| dat sg 2nd) He said, “Lord, that I might see again.”
Luke 18:42	Jesus said to him, “See again! Your (sou \| σου \| gen sg 2nd) faith has saved you.” (se \| σε \| acc sg 2nd)
Luke 19:5	As he came to that spot, Jesus looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and climb down, for today I must stay at your (sou \| σου \| gen sg 2nd) house.”
Luke 19:16	The first came before him, saying, ‘Master, your (sou \| σου \| gen sg 2nd) mina has gained ten minas.’
Luke 19:18	And the second came, saying, ‘Your (sou \| σου \| gen sg 2nd) mina, Master, has gained five minas.’
Luke 19:19	So he said to this one as well, ‘And you (sy \| σύ \| nom sg 2nd), rule over five cities.’
Luke 19:20	Then the other came, saying, ‘Master, look, your (sou \| σου \| gen sg 2nd) mina that I kept laid away in a piece of cloth,
Luke 19:21	for I was afraid of you (se \| σε \| acc sg 2nd), because you are an exacting man: you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.’
Luke 19:22	He said to him, ‘Out of your (sou \| σου \| gen sg 2nd) own (sou \| σου \| gen sg 2nd) mouth I will judge you (se \| σε \| acc sg 2nd), wicked servant. You knew, did you, that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?