σύ

σύ (Hom.+) personal pron. of the second pers. σοῦ (σου), σοί (σοι), σέ (σε); pl. ὑμεῖς, ὑμῶν, ὑμῖν, ὑμᾶς: you

ⓐ nominative

α. in contrast to another pers. ἐγὼ … σύ Mt 3:14; 26:39; Mk 14:36; J 13:7; Js 2:18; s. Lk 17:8. σὺ … ἕτερος Mt 11:3. πᾶς ἄνθρωπος … σύ J 2:10. Μωϋσῆς … σὺ οὖν 8:5. οὐδεὶς … σύ 3:2 and oft. αὐτοὶ … σύ Hb 1:11 (Ps 101:27). ἐγὼ … ὑμεῖς or vice versa (TestJob 1:5; Mel., P. 103, 789ff) J 7:34, 36; 8:15, 22f; 13:15; 15:5 al.; Gal 4:12. ὑμεῖς … ἡμεῖς or vice versa (ParJer 4:9; Just., D. 10, 1 al.) J 4:22; 1 Cor 4:10abc; 2 Cor 13:9.—The contrast is evident fr. the context: Mt 6:6, 17; Ro 2:3. ὑμεῖς Mt 5:48; 6:9, 26b.—On σὺ λέγεις Mt 27:11; Mk 15:2; Lk 23:3 s. λέγω 2e.

β. for emphasis before a voc. σὺ Βηθλεέμ Mt 2:6 (Mi 5:1). σὺ παιδίον (Lucian, Dial. Deor. 2, 1) Lk 1:76. σὺ κύριε Ac 1:24 (PsSol 2:23; 17:4). σὺ δὲ ὦ ἄνθρωπε θεοῦ 1 Ti 6:11. ὑμεῖς οἱ Φαρισαῖοι Lk 11:39.

γ. used w. a noun or ptc., by which the pron. is more exactly defined σὺ Ἰουδαῖος ὤν you as a Jew J 4:9; cp. Gal 2:14. ὑμεῖς πονηροὶ ὄντες Mt 7:11 (cp. ParJer 7:3 σὺ ὁ λαλῶν).—Esp. emphasizing the subj.: σὺ τρίς με ἀπαρνήσῃ you are the very one who will deny me three times Mk 14:30. δότε αὐτοῖς ὑμεῖς φαγεῖν you yourselves are to give them someth. to eat = give them some food yourselves Mft Mt 14:16. Cp. J 13:6; 17:8; 20:15. εὐλογημένη σὺ ἐν γυναιξίν Lk 1:42. σὺ μόνος παροικεῖς 24:18. So freq. w. forms of εἰμι (TestAbr A 7 p. 84, 19 [Stone p. 16] ὁ ἥλιος … σὺ εἶ; A 16 p. 97, 26 [Stone p. 42] τίς εἶ σύ; A 17 p. 98, 21 [Stone p. 44] σὺ εἶ ὁ θάνατος; TestJob 29:3 al.): σὺ εἶ ὁ χριστός Mt 16:16; σὺ εἶ Πέτρος vs. 18; σὺ εἶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων; 27:11. καὶ σύ you, too 26:69, 73; Lk 19:19; 22:58; Gal 6:1 (TestAbr B 4 p. 109, 10 [Stone p. 66]; TestJob 27:5; ParJer 7:9; Just., A II, 2, 17). καὶ ὑμεῖς Mt 7:12; 15:3, 16; Lk 17:10 (TestJob 27:7). σὺ δέ but you Lk 9:60; Ro 11:17; 2 Ti 3:10 (Just., D. 1, 6 al.; Tat. 19, 3). ὑμεῖς δέ Mt 21:13; Js 2:6 (TestJob 24:3; ApcMos 30).

δ. pleonastically added to forms that are clear enough by themselves (Semitism? See B-D-F §277, 2; Mlt-H. 431f) σὺ τί λέγεις Mk 14:68. μὴ φοβεῖσθε ὑμεῖς Mt 28:5. μὴ ἀνελεῖν με σὺ θέλεις; Ac 7:28 (Ex 2:14). ὑμεῖς Mt 5:13f.

ⓑ oblique cases

α. The accented forms are used in the oblique cases of the sing. when emphasis is to be laid on the pron. or when a contrast is intended σοῦ δὲ αὐτῆς τὴν ψυχήν Lk 2:35. οὐ σὺ ῥίζαν βαστάζεις ἀλλὰ ἡ ῥίζα σέ Ro 11:18. καὶ σέ Phil 4:3.

β. The accented forms also appear without special emphasis when used w. prepositions (B-D-F §279; Mlt-H. 180) ἐν σοί Mt 6:23. ἐπὶ σέ Lk 1:35. μετὰ σοῦ vs. 28. σὺν σοί Mt 26:35, but πρός σε Mt 14:28; 25:39 (cp. PsSol 5:8; s. ἐγώ).

ⓒ σου and ὑμῶν as substitutes for the possessive/adjectival pronouns σός and ὑμέτερος (πάντες σου 4 [6] Esdr [POxy 1010]; as well as for the gen. of the reflexives σεαυτοῦ and ὑμῶν αὐτῶν) come after the word they modify: τὴν γυναῖκά σου Mt 1:20; τὸν πόδα σου 4:6 (Ps 90:12); ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν Ro 1:8; τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν 6:19; ἡ ζωὴ ὑμῶν Col 3:4. Or before the word they modify (TestAbr A 16 p. 97, 1 [Stone p. 42] σου τὴν ἀγριότητα; B 6 p. 110, 13 [Stone p. 68] σου οἱ ὀφθαλμοί; TestJob 4:5 σου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα; JosAs 4:10; 15:9 al.; ApcMos 12): ἆρόν σου τὴν κλίνην Mt 9:6; ἀφέωνταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι Lk 7:48; μηδείς σου τῆς νεότητος καταφρονείτω 1 Ti 4:12. Or betw. the noun and the art. (TestJob 42:5 οἱ δύο σου φίλοι): διὰ τῆς ὑμῶν δεήσεως Phil 1:19; εἰς τὴν ὑμῶν προκοπήν vs. 25.—On τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί; s. ἐγώ, end; on τί ἡμῖν κ. σοί; s. τίς 1aβה—M-M.