Acts 21:38:3Acts.21.38.W3TAB
σὺ
sy
“you”
- Transliteration
- sy
- Extended
- sy
- IPA
- /sy/
Meaning by language
- English
- you
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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sy
- sentence
ouk A-ra sy ei ho ai-GYP-ti-os ho pro TOU-tōn tōn hê-me-RŌN a-na-sta-TŌ-sas kai eks-a-ga-GŌN eis tēn E-rē-mon tous te-tra-kis-khi-LI-ous AN-dras tōn si-ka-RI-ōn
Exegesis
The statement sy ei ho Aigyptios {σὺ εἶ ὁ Αἰγύπτιος | sý eî ho Aigýptios} ‘you are the Egyptian’ asserts identity.
Root and etymology
hesycheta, sigma, upsilon, chi
“to be quiet, to rest”
In context — Acts 21:38
Are you not, then, the Egyptian who, before these days, stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Sicarii out into the wilderness?
About this coordinate
Acts 21:38:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 21:38, so the Greek word σὺ (sy) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.21.38.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.38.W3.S1) and character.