noun · masculine
suros
GreekΣύρος (suros)
Strong’sG4948
Syrian
stem sur-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Σύρος, -ου, ὁ, fem. Σύρα,
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 case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | suros1×Σύρος | surois |
| object accusative | suron | suroin |
| direct address vocative | suror | suroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | surou | suroiu |
| to, for dative | suro | suroi |
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
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
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
suros“Syrian”subjectnominative singular1×
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.”