What does σύν (sýn) mean in the Bible?
σύν (sýn) is a Greek word meaning "with".
Greek · G4862
σύν
With
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σύν G4862
Pronunciation sýn
What does σύν (sýn) mean in the Bible?
σύν (sýn) is a Greek word meaning "with".
Full entry for σύν (G4862) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4862?
The BSB source-word alignment has 129 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include with (80), . . . (11), along with (11), together with (6), and (5).
Where does σύν (sýn) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 25:27. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (52), Luke (23), 1 Corinthians (7), 2 Corinthians (7).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It with 80× Matthew 25:27, Matthew 26:35, Matthew 27:38, Matthew 27:44
. . . 11× Mark 2:26, Luke 5:9, Luke 9:32, Luke 24:24
along with 11× Mark 8:34, Acts 1:14, Acts 14:13, Acts 15:25
together with 6× Luke 20:1, Acts 5:1, 1 Corinthians 1:2, 2 Corinthians 1:1
and 5× Mark 4:10, Luke 23:11, Acts 18:8, Acts 23:15
- 1× Luke 24:21
[and] 1× Mark 9:4
[and] to 1× Acts 16:32
[He and] 1× Acts 10:2
[were] with 1× Luke 8:1
[who were] with 1× Acts 17:34
accompanied by 1× Acts 18:18
an attendant 1× Acts 13:7
and so does 1× 1 Corinthians 16:19
as [did] 1× Acts 3:4
on 1× Luke 5:19
through 1× Acts 7:35
vvv 1× Acts 19:38
when 1× 1 Corinthians 10:13
who are with 1× Philippians 4:21
With him [I am sending] 1× Colossians 4:9
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 25:27 σὺν to with Preposition Matthew 26:35 σὺν to with Preposition Matthew 27:38 σὺν to with Preposition Matthew 27:44 σὺν to with Preposition Mark 2:26 σὺν to . . . Preposition Mark 4:10 σὺν to and Preposition Mark 8:34 σὺν to along with Preposition Mark 9:4 σὺν to [and] Preposition Mark 15:27 σὺν to with Preposition Mark 15:32 σὺν to with Preposition
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 25:27
Aligned rows 129
Books represented 15
Matthew 4 Mark 6 Luke 23 John 3 Acts 52 Romans 4 1 Corinthians 7 2 Corinthians 7 Galatians 4 Ephesians 2 Philippians 4 Colossians 7 1 Thessalonians 4 James 1 2 Peter 1
Source forms
σὺν 127x syn Matthew 25:27, Matthew 26:35, Matthew 27:38, Matthew 27:44
σύν 1x syn Acts 25:23
σὺν* 1x syn 2 Corinthians 8:19
Parsing patterns
Preposition 129x Matthew 25:27, Matthew 26:35, Matthew 27:38, Matthew 27:44
Evidence Summary
Greek word. with
Strong's G4862
Lexical occurrences 129 verses Greek text appearances 125 times 16 shown below Word forms 1 form 129 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
with
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 125 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 25:27 Preposition
σὺν sun
with
Read verse Matthew 26:35 Preposition
σὺν sun
with
Read verse Matthew 27:38 Preposition
σὺν sun
with
Read verse Mark 2:26 Preposition
σὺν sun
with
Read verse Mark 4:10 Preposition
σὺν sun
with
Read verse Mark 8:34 Preposition
σὺν sun
with
Read verse Mark 9:4 Preposition
σὺν sun
with
Read verse Mark 15:27 Preposition
σὺν sun
with
Read verse Luke 1:56 Preposition
σὺν sun
with
Read verse Luke 2:5 Preposition
σὺν sun
with
Read verse Luke 2:13 Preposition
σὺν sun
with
Read verse Luke 5:9 Preposition
σὺν sun
with
Read verse Luke 5:19 Preposition
σὺν sun
with
Read verse Luke 7:6 Preposition
σὺν sun
with
Read verse Luke 7:12 Preposition
σὺν sun
with
Read verse Luke 8:1 Preposition
σὺν sun
with
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 129
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 25:27 · Matt 26:35 · Matt 27:38 · Matt 27:44 · Mark 2:26 · Mark 4:10 · Mark 8:34 · Mark 9:4 · Mark 15:27 · Mark 15:32 · Luke 1:56 · Luke 2:5 · Luke 2:13 · Luke 5:9 · Luke 5:19 · Luke 7:6 129×
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain