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Strong's G4948 Σύρος (syros)

Syros means “Syrian” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4948 — mishqal in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4948
Language Greek
Linked Usages 29
Books 9

Strong's G4948 Quick Answer

Strong's G4948 Σύρος (Suros) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. Suros (soo'-ros) n/g. 1. a Syran (i.e. probably Tyrian), a native of Syria [probably of Hebrew origin (H6865)] It has 29 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include syrian. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Meaning
Suros (soo'-ros) n/g. 1. a Syran (i.e. probably Tyrian), a native of Syria [probably of Hebrew origin (H6865)]
Usage
29 linked usages
Books
9 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Usage Words
syrian

Meaning and Definition

Suros (soo'-ros) n/g. 1. a Syran (i.e. probably Tyrian), a native of Syria [probably of Hebrew origin (H6865)] KJV: Syrian Root(s): H6865 See also: G4947

Original Word
Σύρος
Transliteration
Suros
Derivation
Root: צּוֹר צּוֹר R1: 6865
Morphology
Name/g.

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4948. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G4948 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Suros, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Syrian Luke 4:27

How Strong's G4948 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 28 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4948 (Σύρος) appears 32 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4948 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4948 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Luke 4:27 KJV

And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.

Strong's G4948 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

28 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 9:27 Septuagint / Brenton

May God make room for Japheth, And let him dwell in the habitations of Shem, And let Canaan be his servant.

Genesis 22:21 Septuagint / Brenton

Uz the firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of the Syrians, and Chesed, and

Genesis 25:20 Septuagint / Brenton

Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac was forty years old when he took to wife Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, out of Syrian Mesopotamia, sister of Laban the Syrian.

Usage Excerpts

First 29 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4948.

Genesis 9:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
May God make room for Japheth, And let him dwell in the habitations of Shem, And let Canaan be his servant.
Genesis 22:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Uz the firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of the Syrians, and Chesed, and
Genesis 25:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac was forty years old when he took to wife Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, out of Syrian Mesopotamia, sister of Laban the Syrian.
Genesis 28:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Isaac sent away Jacob, and he went into Mesopotamia to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Genesis 29:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob started and went to the land of the east to Laban, the son of Bethuel the Syrian, and the brother of Rebekah, mother of Jacob and Esau.
Genesis 31:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob hid the matter from Laban the Syrian, so as not to tell him that he ran away.
Genesis 31:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But it was told Laban the Syrian on the third day, that Jacob was fled.
Genesis 31:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God came to Laban the Syrian in sleep by night, and said to him, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not at any time to Jacob evil things.
1 Kingdoms 21:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was there on that day one of Saul’s servants detained before the Lord, and his name was Doeg the Syrian, tending the mules of Saul.
1 Kingdoms 22:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Doeg the Syrian who was over the mules of Saul answered and said, I saw the son of Jesse as he came to Nob to Ahimelech son of Ahitub the priest.
1 Kingdoms 22:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests: and Doeg the Syrian turned, and slew the priests of the Lord in that day, three hundred and five men, all wearing an ephod.
1 Kingdoms 22:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to Abiathar, I knew it in that day, that Doeg the Syrian would surely tell Saul: I am guilty of the death of the house of thy father.
2 Kingdoms 8:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Syria of Damascus comes to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David smote twenty-two thousand men belonging to the Syrian.
2 Kingdoms 8:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David placed a garrison in Syria near Damascus, and the Syrians became servants and tributaries to David: and the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.
4 Kingdoms 5:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gehazi the servant of Elisha said, Behold, my Lord has spared this Syrian Naaman, so as not to take of his hand what he has brought: as the Lord lives, I will surely run after him, and take somewhat of him.
4 Kingdoms 8:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of the Syrians in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
4 Kingdoms 9:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, in his war with Hazael king of Syria. And Jehu said, If your heart is with me, let there not go forth out of the city one fugitive to go and report to Jezreel.
1 Chronicles 18:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Syrian came from Damascus to help Hadadezer king of Zobah; and David smote of the Syrian army twenty and two thousand men.
1 Chronicles 19:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joab saw that they were fronting him to fight against him before and behind, and he chose some out of all the young men of Israel, and they set themselves in array against the Syrian.
1 Chronicles 19:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, If the Syrian should prevail against me, then shalt thou deliver me: and if the children of Ammon should prevail against thee, then will I deliver thee.
1 Chronicles 19:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled, and they also fled from before Abishai, and from before Joab his brother, and they came to the city: and Joab came to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 19:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Syrian saw that Israel had defeated him, and he sent messengers, and they brought out the Syrians from beyond the river; and Shophach the commander-in-chief of the forces of Hadadezer was before them.
1 Chronicles 19:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and crossed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So David set his army in array to fight against the Syrians, and they fought against him.
1 Chronicles 19:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Syrians fled from before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand riders in chariots, and forty thousand infantry, and he slew Shophach the commander-in-chief of the forces.
1 Chronicles 19:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, and they made peace with David and served him: and the Syrians would not anymore help the children of Ammon.
2 Chronicles 22:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joram returned to Jezreel to be healed of the wounds wherewith the Syrians smote him in Ramoth, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab at Jezreel because he was sick.
Isaiah 17:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she shall no longer be a strong place for Ephraim to flee to, and there shall no longer be a kingdom in Damascus, or a remnant of Syrians; for thou art no better than the children of Israel, even than their glory; thus saith the Lord of hosts.
Amos 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Are not ye to me as the sons of the Ethiopians, O children of Israel? saith the Lord. Did I not bring Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of the deep?
Luke 4:27 New Testament, KJV
And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4948, grouped by book.

Genesis 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament

Strong's G4948 FAQ

What does syros (Σύρος) mean?

Syros (Strong's G4948) is a Greek word most simply glossed "Syrian". Suros (soo'-ros) n/g. 1. a Syran (i.e. probably Tyrian), a native of Syria [probably of Hebrew origin (H6865)]

How many times is syros (Σύρος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 29 linked usages for Strong's G4948 across 9 books.

Where can I study syros (Σύρος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4948 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

What English words translate syros (Σύρος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as syrian. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4948 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 28 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G4948, with linked reader references where each row is available.