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noun · masculine

suros

GreekΣύρος (suros)

Strong’sG4948

Syrian

stem sur-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

Syrian

What it means

Σύρος, -ου, ὁ, fem. Σύρα,

a Syrian: Lk 4:27, Mk 7:26, WH, mg.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4948 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsoo'-ros

a Syran (i.e. probably Tyrian), a native of Syria

Fromfrom the same as G4947;

King JamesSyrian.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence caseone singularmore than one plural
subject nominativesurosΣύροςsurois
object accusativesuronsuroin
direct address vocativesurorsuroir
of, belonging to genitivesurousuroiu
to, for dativesurosuroi

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
surstem+ogender+snruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

suro 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

Words built on the same stem

suramō — σύρω, I draw, drag

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

suros“Syrian”subjectnominative singular

Luke 4:27“Syrian”kai pollois leprois ale en to Israēl epi Elisaiou tou profētou, kai oudenos autoiu katharizita, ei mē Naiman tos Suros.And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed— only Naaman the Syrian.”