Acts 23:21:1Acts.23.21.W1TAB
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
sy oun MÊ peis-THÊS au-TOIS e-ne-DREU-ou-sin gar au-TON eks au-TÔN AN-dres PLEI-ous te-se-RA-kon-ta HOI-ti-nes a-ne-the-MA-ti-san he-au-TOUS MÊ-te pha-GEIN MÊ-te pi-EIN HE-ōs hou a-NE-lō-sin au-TON kai NYN EI-sin HE-toi-moi pros-de-KHO-me-noi tên a-PO sou e-paŋ-ge-LI-an
Exegesis
The sentence opens with the fronted pronoun su oun mē peisthēs autois {σὺ οὖν μὴ πεισθῇς αὐτοῖς | sù oûn mḕ peisthêis autoîs}, where the combination of mē with the aorist subjunctive forms a strong prohibition, and the explicit subject su heightens the personal appeal to the official being addressed.
Root and etymology
syn-eidosigma–upsilon–nu–epsilon–iota–delta–omega
“to know together, to be conscious with oneself”
In context — Acts 23:21
Therefore you must not be persuaded by them, for more than forty men from among them are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves with an oath neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him; and now they are ready, awaiting the promise from you .
About this coordinate
Acts 23:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 23:21, 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.23.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.21.W1.S1) and character.