Dictionaries :: Thou

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Thou:

Note: Frequently this forms part of the translation of a verb in the 2nd person, singular. Otherwise it translates

(a) the pronoun su, used for emphasis or contrast, e.g., Jhn 1:19, 21 (twice), Jhn 1:25, 42 (twice); Jhn 8:5, 13, 25, 33, 48, 52, 53; Act 9:5; in addressing a person or place, e.g., Mat 2:6; Luk 1:76; Jhn 17:5; perhaps also in the phrase su eipas, "thou hast said," e.g., Mat 26:64 (sometimes without emphasis, e.g., Act 13:33);

(b) in the oblique cases, e.g., the dative soi, lit., "to thee," e.g., Mat 17:25, "what thinkest thou?" (lit., "what does it seem to thee?");

(c) autos, "self," e.g., Luk 6:42; Act 21:24, "thou thyself;"

(d) the reflexive pronoun, seauton, Rom 2:19, "thou thyself."