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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2 Corinthians 4:14 σὺν sun · Small word: with
knowing that he that raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also with Jesus, and shall present us with you.
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2 Corinthians 4:14 σὺν sun · Small word: with
knowing that he that raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also with Jesus, and shall present us with you.
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2 Corinthians 8:19 σὺν sun · Small word: with
and not only so, but who was also appointed by the churches to travel with us in the matter of this grace, which is ministered by us to the glory of the Lord, and to show our readiness:
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2 Corinthians 9:4 σὺν sun · Small word: with
lest by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be put to shame in this confidence.
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2 Corinthians 13:4 σὺν sun · Small word: with
for he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him through the power of God toward you.
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Galatians 1:2 σὺν sun · Small word: with
and all the brethren that are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:
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Galatians 2:3 σὺν sun · Small word: with
But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
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Galatians 3:9 σὺν sun · Small word: along with
So then they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
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Galatians 5:24 σὺν sun · Small word: with
And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.
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Ephesians 3:18 σὺν sun · Small word: with
may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
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Ephesians 4:31 σὺν sun · Small word: along with
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:
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Philippians 1:1 σὺν sun · Small word: with
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus that are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
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Philippians 1:23 σὺν sun · Small word: with
But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:
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Philippians 2:22 σὺν sun · Small word: with
But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child serveth a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.
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Philippians 4:21 σὺν sun · Small word: with
Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren that are with me salute you.
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Colossians 2:5 σὺν sun · Small word: with
For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
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Colossians 2:13 σὺν sun · Small word: with
And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, I say, did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;
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Colossians 2:20 σὺν sun · Small word: with
If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,
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Colossians 3:3 σὺν sun · Small word: with
For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
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Colossians 3:4 σὺν sun · Small word: with
When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.