Acts 25:10:20Acts.25.10.W20TAB
σὺ
sy
“you”
- Transliteration
- sy
- Extended
- syoo
- 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
EI-pen de ho PAU-los e-PI tou BÊ-ma-tos KAI-sa-ros he-STÔS EI-mi hou me DEI KRI-nes-thai i-ou-DAI-ous ou-DEN ê-DI-kê-sa hôs kai sy KAL-li-on e-pi-gi-NÔS-keis
Exegesis
The final clause hōs kai sy kallion epiginōskeis {ὡς καὶ σὺ κάλλιον ἐπιγινώσκεις | hōs kaí sy kál-li-on e-pi-gi-nṓ-skeis} functions as a comparative assertion appealing to the governor’s knowledge. The particle hōs introduces the comparison ‘as’, and kai sy gives emphatic focus to ‘you yourself’. The comparative adverb kallion ‘better’ modifies epiginōskeis, which denotes thorough or accurate knowledge, so that the entire phrase underscores that the governor is even more aware than others of Paul’s innocence. In translation, the formal version retains the explicit judicial language and relative structure (“where I ought to be judged”), while the dynamic rendering slightly modernizes legal terminology (“court,” “tried”) and unpacks the comparative nuance (“you know this very well”) to maintain clarity and rhetorical force.
Root and etymology
syn + laleosigma–upsilon–nu plus lambda–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to speak together, converse”
In context — Acts 25:10
But Paul said, “I am standing at Caesar ’s judgment seat , where I ought to be judged; I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know better.”
About this coordinate
Acts 25:10:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Acts 25:10, 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.25.10.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.10.W20.S1) and character.