Word meanings
Short definition
prep. with dative,
expressing association, fellowship and inclusion. It gradually gave way to μετά, with genitive (cf. LS, see word; Bl., §41, 3), and is therefore comparatively infrequent in NT, being rare in Mat.4, Mrk.6, Jhn.3, and elsewhere (exx. Jas.1:11, 2Pe.1:18) only in Lk (Gosp. and Ac) and Paul. With, together with: of companionship and association, Luk.2:13, Jhn.21:3, Act.10:23, al.; εἶναι σύν τινι, Luk.7:12, Act.4:13, Php.1:23, al.; of partisanship, Act.4:13; οἱ σύν τινι, of attendants, companions or colleagues, Mrk.2:26, Luk.5:9, Act.5:17, al.; of assistance, ἡ χάρις τ. θεοῦ σὺν ἐμοί, 1Co.15:10; of two or more things together, almost = καί, Luk.23:11, Act.3:4 10:2 14:5 23:25, Eph.3:18; σὺν Χριστῷ ζῆν, 2Co.13:4; besides (FlJ, LXX), σὺν πᾶσι τούτοις, Luk.24:21. In composition: with (συνχαίρω), together (συνωδίνω), altogether (συντελέω)
(AS)
Strong's dictionary
a primary preposition denoting union; with or together (but much closer than μετά or παρά), i.e. by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.:--beside, with. In composition it has similar applications, including completeness.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)
Full lexicon entry (Liddell-Scott-Jones)
old Attic dialect ξύν; Boeotian dialect σούν [Refs 3rd c.BC+];
A σ. ἡρώων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—with. The form ξύν rarely occurs in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Ionic dialect verse we find ξύν [Refs 7th c.BC+]; in early Ionic dialect Prose (including Inscrr.,[Refs 6th c.BC+] is only found in ξυνίημι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in the late Ionic of [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; in Aeolic dialect and Doric dialect it is rare, ξυνοίκην [Refs 7th c.BC+]; elsewhere Doric dialect σύν, [Refs 6th c.BC+] and becomes usual towards the end; after [Refs 5th c.BC+]; otherwise, of Attic dialect Prose writers [Refs 5th c.BC+] a few times in compounds; codices [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in [Refs 5th c.BC+] is very frequently; in Trag. both forms occur. The preposition σύν gradually gave way to μετά with genitive, so that whereas [Refs 4th c.BC+] with genitive, the proportions in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: for these and other statistics see C. [Refs 1st c.AD+] T. Mommsen, Beiträge zur Lehre von den griechischen Präpositionen (Frankfurt 1886-95): in Attic dialect Prose and Comedy texts σύν is restricted for the most part to signification 8, 9 and a few phrases, such as σὺν θεῷ, σὺν (τοῖς) ὅπλοι; Xenophon uses it freely, having 556 examples to 275 of μετ; in Papyrus, [Refs]
A.1 in company with, together with, δεῦρό ποτ᾽ ἤλυθε.. σ. Μενελάῳ [NT+8th c.BC+]
A.2 with collateral notion of help or aid, σ. θεῷ with God's help or blessing, as God wills, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σ. θεῷ εἰρημένον spoken as by inspiration, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so σ. δαίμονι, σ. Ἀθήνῃ καὶ Διί, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also θεοῦ σ. παλάμᾳ, σ. θεοῦ τύχᾳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+] let him consult with you, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ξ. τῇ βουλῇ in consultation with the Council, [Refs]; σ. τινὶ μάχεσθαι fight at his side, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τινὶ εἶναι or γίγνεσθαι to be with another, i.e.on his side, of his party, [Refs]; οἱ σ. αὐτῷ his friends, followers, [NT]
A.3 furnished with, endued with, σ. μεγάλῃ ἀρετῇ ἐκτήσω ἄκοιτιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]
A.4 of things that belong, or are attached, to a person, σ. νηΐ or σ. νηυσί, i.e. on board ship, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (so in Prose, σ. ναυσὶ προσπλεῖν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of arms, μιν κατέκηε σ. ἔντεσι [Refs]; ς. (or ξ.) ὅπλοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ς. (or ξ.) τοῖς ὅπλοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in some such cases ς. is little more than expletive, as σ. τεύχεσι θωρηχθέντες lines[Refs 8th c.BC+]
A.5 of things accompanying, or of concurrent circumstances, ἄνεμος σ. λαίλαπι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of coincidence in time, ἄκρᾳ σ. ἑσπέρᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καιρῷ σ. ἀτρεκεῖ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; in the course of, κείνῳ σ. ἄματι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.6 of necessary connexion or consequence, σὺν μεγάλῳ ἀποτεῖσαι to pay with a great loss, i.e. suffer greatly, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δημοσίῳ σ. κακῷ with loss to the public, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; σ. τῷ σῷ ἀγαθῷ to your advantage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὤλοντο.. σὺν μιάς ματι with pollution, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to denote agreement, in accordance with, σ. τῷ δικαίῳ καὶ καλῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.7 of the instrument or means, with the help of, by means of, σ. ἐλαίῳ φαρμακώσαισα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.8 including, κεφάλαιον σ. ἐπωνίοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δισχίλιαι γάρ εἰσι (i.e. δραχμαὶ) σ. ταῖς Νικίου [Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.9 excluding, apart from, plus, ἓξ ἐμοὶ σ. ἑβδόμῳ six with (but not including) me the seventh, [Refs 4th c.BC+]together with.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; οἱ γραμματεῖς σ. τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις [NT]
B POSITION:—σύν sometimes follows its case, [Refs 8th c.BC+]. It frequently stands between adjective and substantive, as [Refs 8th c.BC+]; more rarely between substantive and adjective, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
B.2 frequently in tmesis in [Refs 8th c.BC+]
B.3 in late Gr. σὺν καὶ with dative, στεφανηφορήσας σ. καὶ Αὐρ. Ἰάσονι [Refs 1st c.AD+]
C σύν AS adverb., together, at once, κενεὰς σ. Χεῖρας ἔχοντες [Refs 8th c.BC+]; mostly followed by δέ or τε, σ. δὲ πτερὰ πυκνὰ λίασθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]. It is sometimes hard to distinguish this from tmesis, e.g. in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so ξὺν κακῶς ποιεῖν is ={Ξυγκακοποιεῖν} in [Refs 5th c.BC+]. In Old Testament Gr. it is sometimes used to translate the Hebrew 'ēth (particle prefixed to the definite accusative) through confusion with the preposition 'ēth 'with', ἐμίσησα σὺν τὴν ζωήν [LXX]; οὐκ ἐμνήσθη σ. τοῦ ἀνδρός[LXX+2nd c.AD+]
C.2 besides, also, σ. δὲ πλουτίζειν ἐμέ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in later Poetry σ. καί [Refs 3rd c.BC+] (also in late Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
D IN COMPOSITION (joined with other words),
D.I with, along with, together, at the same time, hence of any kind of union, connexion, or participation in a thing, and metaphorically of agreement or unity. In Compos. with a transitive Verb σύν may refer to the Object as well as the Subject, as συγκατακτείνειν may mean kill one person as well as another, or, join with another in killing.
D.I.2 of the completion of an action, altogether, completely, as in συνάγνυμι, συνασκέω 2, συνθρύπτω, συγκόπτω, συμπατέω, συμπληρόω, συντελέω, συντέμν; sometimes, therefore, it seems only to strengthen the force of the simple word.
D.I.3 joined with numerals, σύνδυο two together, which sense often becomes distributive, by twos, two and two; so σύντρεις, σύμπεντε, etc., like Latin bini, terni, etc.
D.II σύν in Compos., before β μ π φ ψ, becomes συμ-; before γ κ ξ Χ, συγ-; before λ συλ-; before σ usually συσ-; but becomes συ- before σ followed by a consonant (e.g. συστῆναι), before ζ, and perhaps sometimes before ξ. In a poetry passage, cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
Every occurrence
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Acts 14:20 σὺν sun · Small word: with
But as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and entered into the city: and on the morrow he went forth with Barnabas to Derbe.
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Acts 14:28 σὺν sun · Small word: with
And they tarried no little time with the disciples.
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Acts 15:22 σὺν sun · Small word: with
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
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Acts 15:22 σὺν sun · Small word: with
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
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Acts 15:25 σὺν sun · Small word: with
it seemed good unto us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
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Acts 16:3 σὺν sun · Small word: with
Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those parts: for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
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Acts 16:32 σὺν sun · Small word: along with
And they spake the word of the Lord unto him, with all that were in his house.
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Acts 17:34 σὺν sun · Small word: with
But certain men clave unto him, and believed: among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
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Acts 18:8 σὺν sun · Small word: with
And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
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Acts 18:18 σὺν sun · Small word: with
And Paul, having tarried after this yet many days, took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila: having shorn his head in Cenchreae; for he had a vow.
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Acts 19:38 σὺν sun · Small word: with
If therefore Demetrius, and the craftsmen that are with him, have a matter against any man, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.
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Acts 20:36 σὺν sun · Small word: with
And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down and prayed with them all.
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Acts 21:5 σὺν sun · Small word: with
And when it came to pass that we had accomplished the days, we departed and went on our journey; and they all, with wives and children, brought us on our way till we were out of the city: and kneeling down on the beach, we prayed, and bade each other farewell;
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Acts 21:16 σὺν sun · Small word: with
And there went with us also certain of the disciples from Caesarea, bringing with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge.
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Acts 21:18 σὺν sun · Small word: with
And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
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Acts 21:24 σὺν sun · Small word: with
these take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges for them, that they may shave their heads: and all shall know that there is no truth in the things whereof they have been informed concerning thee; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, keeping the law.
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Acts 21:26 σὺν sun · Small word: with
Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them went into the temple, declaring the fulfilment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.
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Acts 21:29 σὺν sun · Small word: with
For they had before seen with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.
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Acts 22:9 σὺν sun · Small word: with
And they that were with me beheld indeed the light, but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
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Acts 23:15 σὺν sun · Small word: along with
Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to slay him.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.