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You

σέStrong’s G4771

se

Appears in 2,086 verses of the New Testament

In short

Se is the Greek word usually translated “you”, “yourselves” and “yourself”. It appears in 2,086 verses of the New Testament.

“Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
2 Thessalonians 1:2 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “you”, “yourselves” and “yourself”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • you 1127
  • of you 777
  • to you 515
  • you yourselves 222
  • you yourself 172
  • your 74
  • for you 44
  • yourself 39

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 314
  • Matthew 306
  • John 288
  • Acts 190
  • 1 Corinthians 130
  • Mark 117

27 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
All 2,086 verses, by book
Matthew 306
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Luke 314
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John 288
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Acts 190
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Greek dictionary

σέ se · you

αὐτός, -ή, -ό, determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. (WM, 178f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399). 1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii); (1) self (ipse), expressing opposition, distinction, exclusion, etc., αὐ. ἐκχυθήσεται, Luk.5:37; αὐ. ἐγινώσκεν, Jhn.2:25; αὐ.ὑμεῖς, Jhn.3:28; καὶ αὐ. ἐγώ, Rom.15:14; αὐ. Ἰησοῦς, Jhn.2:24; αὐ. καὶ οἱ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ, Mrk.2:25; ὑμεῖς αὐ., Mrk.6:31; esp. (as freq in cl.) αὐ. ὁ, Mat.3:4, Mrk.6:17, Jhn.16:27, 1Th.3:11, al.; in late Gk., sometimes weakened, ἐν αὐτῇ τ. ὥρᾳ, in that hour, Luk.10:21 (M, Pr., 91; …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “you” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

YOU, pronoun

Yu. [You has been considered as in the plural only, and is so treated in the Saxon grammar. But from the Belgic dialect, it appears to be in the singular as well as the plural, and our universal popular usage, in applying it to a single person with a verb in the singular number, is correct. Yourself is in the singular number.]

  1. The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative or objective case.“He that despiseth you despiseth me” Luke 10:16
  2. you is used, like on in French, for any one.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.