Vocabulary Form
αὐτός
Definition

he, she, it (they, them)

Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
5597
GK
899
Cognates

An autocrat (aujtokrathvV) is a ruling by oneself.

Mnemonic Singing

Only trust Him,
only trust Him,
only trust Him now.

Song
Notes

We will see in chapter 12 that aujtovV can also mean "self" and "same," which is reflected in most English cognates and derivatives.

Biblical Concordance

John 8:33 They replied to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone! How can you say, ‘You will become free’?”
John 8:34 Jesus answered them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.
John 8:39 They answered him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), saying, “Our father is Abraham!” Jesus said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “If you were really Abraham’s children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham.
John 8:41 You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “We have not been born as a result of fornication; we have only one father, God himself.”
John 8:42 Jesus said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now I am here. I have not come on my own, but he sent me.
John 8:44 You belong to your father the devil, and your will is to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and never did stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd). When he lies, he is giving expression to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg neut3rd).
John 8:48 The Jews answered him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), saying, “Are we not correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”
John 8:52 The Jews therefore said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’
John 8:55 And you have not known him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), but I know him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd). If I were to say that I did not know him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), I would be like you, a liar; but I do know him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), and I keep his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) word.
John 8:57 So the Jews said to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), “You are not yet fifty years old, and you have seen Abraham?”
John 8:58 Jesus said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came to be, I am!”
John 8:59 Then they picked up stones to throw at him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd); but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
John 9:2 And his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples questioned him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) parents, that he was born blind?”
John 9:3 Jesus answered, “It is not that this man sinned, or his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) parents; but it happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd).
John 9:6 After saying this, he spat on the ground and made mud with his saliva; then he daubed the mud on the man’s (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) eyes
John 9:7 and said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went away and washed, and came back able to see.
John 9:8 Then the neighbors and those who were used to seeing him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) as a beggar said, “Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?”
John 9:9 Some said, “He is the one.” Others said, “No, but he looks like him.” (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) But he himself kept saying, “I am the man.”
John 9:10 So they asked him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “How then were your eyes opened?”
John 9:12 They said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Where is that man?” He replied, “I do not know.”
John 9:13 They brought to the Pharisees the man (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) who had been blind.
John 9:14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) eyes.
John 9:15 Then the Pharisees also asked him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) how he had received his sight. And he said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “He daubed mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see.”
John 9:16 Then some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform miraculous signs like this?” And there was a division among them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd).
John 9:17 So they spoke again to the blind man, “What do you say about him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd), since it was your eyes that he opened?” The man replied, “He is a prophet.”