adjective
sos
Strong’sG4674
yours, thy, thine
stem s-25 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books10 of 26 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
σός is the second-person singular possessive adjective, meaning "yours," "thy," "thine" 1234. It functions as an ordinary possessive, agreeing with the thing possessed, as in "thy eye" 1.
Used with the article as a substantive, it can stand for "your people" or "your things": hoi soi means "your kinsfolk, friends" 13, to son means "what is yours" 13, and ta sa means "your goods, your property" 13.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
σός, -ή, -όν
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4674 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsos
thine
Fromfrom G4771;
King Jamesthine (own), thy (friend).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
possessive adjective of 2 person singular (σύ), the alternative Epic dialect and Doric dialect form being τεός (which see), thy, thine, Refs 8th c.BC+; Epic dialect genitive σοῖο Refs 8th c.BC+; σ. δέμας, σ. ἔργον, λέχος σ., etc., Refs 4th c.BC+ a friend of yours, Refs 5th c.BC+: with the Article, τὸ σὸν γέρας Refs 8th c.BC+ (but never so when it serves as predicate, οὐ σ. τόδ᾽ ἐστὶ τοὔργον Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. ἔργον with infinitive, 'tis thy business to.., ἔργον ἤδη σ. τὰ λοίφ᾽ ὑπηρετεῖν Refs; σόν [ἐστι] alone, σ. δ᾽ αὖ τὸ σιγᾶν Refs 5th c.BC+; σὴ μὲν ἐγώ, σὰ δὲ πάντα thine am I, thine are all things, Refs 3rd c.BC+
2 without a substantive, thine, εἰ ἐτεόν γε σός εἰμι thy son, Refs 8th c.BC+; σὺ μὲν ἀπάγου τὴν σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ σ. thy kinsfolk, people, Refs 5th c.BC+: also singular, your agent or servant, Refs 1st c.AD+. what concerns thee, thy interest, advantage, Refs 5th c.BC+; thy words, thy purpose, Refs, etc.; τὰ σ. thy property, ἐπὶ σοῖσι καθήμενος NT+8th c.BC+; εὖ φρονῶ τὰ σ. thy interests, Refs 5th c.BC+; καὶ σὲ καὶ τὰ σ. Refs
3 with a genitive added, τὰ σ᾽ αὐτῆς ἔργα Refs 8th c.BC+; τὰ σ᾽ αὐτοῦ κήδε (α) Refs 8th c.BC+; τὸν σ. τοῦ πρέσβεως [ὀφθαλμόν] Refs 5th c.BC+
II objective, of or for thee, σῇ ποθῇ Refs 8th c.BC+; εὐνοίᾳ τῇ σ. Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | sos1×σὸς | sas | sem4×σὸν | sois2×σοὶ | sais | seim4×σά |
| object accusative | son | san1×σὴν | soin1×σούς | sain | ||
| direct address vocative | sor | sar | soir | sair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | sou | sau3×σῆς | seu | soiu | saiu | seiu |
| to, for dative | so2×σῷ | sa4×σῇ | se3×σῷ | soi | sai | sei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
s is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
25 occurrences, every one of them listed
sos“your”subjectnominative singular1×
John 17:17… en ta alētheia; tos logos tos sos alētheias atō.Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.
so“your”to, fordative singular2×
Matthew 7:3… adelfou su, tan de en to so ofthalmo dokan ouk katanoasō?… fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
Matthew 13:27… ouchi kalem spermem sperasa en to so agro? pothen oun echatō zizanieim?… didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds …
san“you”objectaccusative singular1×
John 4:42“you”… gunaika legale hoti Ouketi dia tan san lalian pisteuanō; autois gar akouanē, kai …They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know …
sau“your”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
Matthew 24:3… eti, kai tinem tem sēmem tau sau parousiau kai sunteleiau tou aiōnou.… what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of …
Acts 24:2… genorōnteiu te ethne houte dia tau sau pronoiau… have enjoyed a lasting peace, and your foresight has brought improvements to this …
Philemon 1:14chōris de tau sau gnōmau oudenem thelama poiara, hina mē …… not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will …
sa“your”to, fordative singular4×
Acts 5:4… si menate kai pipraskirantem en ta sa exousia huparchate? tinem hoti tithesa en …… you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to …
Acts 24:4… parakalamō akouara sin nu suntomōs ta sa epieikeia.… delay you any further, I beg your indulgence to hear us briefly.
1 Corinthians 8:11apolotō gar tos asthenarōntos en ta sa gnōsia, tos adelfos dia hon Christos …… whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
1 Corinthians 14:16… pōs legati tem Amēn epi ta sa eucharistia? epeidē tinem legasō ouk oidatē;… who is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know …
sem“yours”subject or objectdirect singular4×
Matthew 20:14“yours”airasar tem sem kai hupagasōr; thelamō de houto to …Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man …
Matthew 25:25“yours”… en ta gēa; ide echasō tem sem.… your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs …
Luke 22:42… mē tem thelēmem mu alla tem sem genotōr.… Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”
John 18:35… mis Ioudaios amō? tem ethnem tem sem kai tois archierevois paradōala sin mi; …“Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You …
se“your”to, fordative singular3×
Matthew 7:22… ta hēmera; Kurior kurior, ouk te se onome profēteuana, kai te se onome …… Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive …
Matthew 7:22… te se onome profēteuana, kai te se onome daimoneim ekbalana, kai te se …… prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform …
Matthew 7:22“your”… se onome daimoneim ekbalana, kai te se onome dunamiain pollain poiana?… and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’
sois“your”subjectnominative plural2×
Mark 2:18… mathētois toiu Farisaioiu nēsteualō, tois de sois mathētois ouk nēsteualō?… to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and …
Luke 5:33… kai tois toiu Farisaioiu, tois de sois esthialō kai pinalō.… Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”
soin“your”objectaccusative plural1×
Mark 5:19“your”… eis ton oikon su pros toin soin, kai apangelasar autoi hoseim tos kurios …… him. “Go home to your own people,” He said, “and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy …
seim“yours”subject or objectdirect plural4×
Luke 6:30“your”… dōasōr, kai apo tou airarōntou teim seim mē apaitasōr.Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.
Luke 15:31… mu asō, kai panteim teim ēmeim seim atō;… and all that is mine is yours.
John 17:10kai teim ēmeim panteim seim atō kai teim seim ēmeim, kai …All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine …
John 17:10“yours”… ēmeim panteim seim atō kai teim seim ēmeim, kai doxazomē en autoi.… have is Yours, and all You have is Mine; and in them I have been glorified.