σὺ

su

you

the personal pronoun of the second person singular; thou:-- thou. See also σέ, σοί, σοῦ; and for the plural ὑμᾶς, ὑμεῖς, ὑμῖν, ὑμῶν.

G4771

John 8:52 · Word #16

Lexicon G4771

Lemmaσύ
Transliterationsý
Strong'sG4771
In-contextyou
Literalyou

Morphology PRO.P 2P NOM SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech PRO.P — Personal Pronoun — Refers to persons
Person 2P — 2nd person — The one spoken to ("you")
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Number SG — Singular — One

Lexical Info

Lemmaσύ
Strong'sG4771

SIBI-P1 G4771-04

you (singular, as subject)

Rootσύ (sy)
Core Meaningsyou (second person singular), personal address, direct subject
Semantic Rangethe one being addressed; you individually (as opposed to a group); often emphatic when explicitly stated
Conceptual SignificanceThe singular "you" marks direct, personal address in covenantal, prophetic, and instructional contexts, underscoring individual responsibility, relationship, and accountability before God.
Morphological NotesGr,RP,,,2N,S = personal pronoun, second person, nominative case, singular number; used as the grammatical subject.
Rendering RationaleThe Greek σύ is the nominative singular form of the second-person personal pronoun, functioning as the subject of a clause. Rendering it as "you (singular, as subject)" preserves both its number (singular) and its nominative role, distinguishing it from plural forms and oblique cases.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root σύ (you (second person singular), personal address, direct subject)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G4771-01 se you (singular direct object)
G4674-02 se you (singular, direct object)
G4674-06 soi to you (singular)

Word Usage (2909 occurrences of G4771)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 1:20 σου sou your
Matthew 2:6 σύ su you
Matthew 2:6 σοῦ sou you
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