Vocabulary Form
αὐτός, -ή, -ό
Definition

he, she, it; him/her/itself; same

Root
αὐτο
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.

Verse

“αὐτός will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” (Matt 3:11)

Notes

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

Biblical Concordance

Acts 10:28 And he said to them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd), “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another race, but God showed me that I should call no person common or unclean.
Acts 10:35 but in every nation anyone who fears him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) and does what is right is acceptable to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd)
Acts 10:38 Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd).
Acts 10:40 This man God raised up on the third day and allowed him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) to be seen,
Acts 10:41 not to all the people but to witnesses who had been previously chosen by God, to us, who ate and drank with him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) after he (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) rose from the dead.
Acts 10:43 To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) receives forgiveness of sins through his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) name.”
Acts 10:46 For they were hearing them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) speaking with tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter declared,
Acts 10:48 And he ordered them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) to remain for some days.
Acts 11:2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they who were of the circumcision took issue with him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd),
Acts 11:3 saying, “You went to a house of uncircumcised men and ate with them.” (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd)
Acts 11:4 But Peter began and explained to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) in an orderly fashion, saying,
Acts 11:12 And the Spirit told me to go with them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) without hesitating. And with me went also these six brothers, and we went into the house of the man.
Acts 11:13 And he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter,
Acts 11:15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) just as he did upon us at the beginning.
Acts 11:17 If then God gave the same gift to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to be able to stand in God’s way?”
Acts 11:20 But there were some of them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd), men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch began to speak also to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus.
Acts 11:21 And the hand of the Lord was with them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd), and a great number became believers and turned to the Lord.
Acts 11:22 The report of all this (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) was heard in the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch.
Acts 11:26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) met with the church and taught a considerable number of people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.
Acts 11:28 And one of them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) stood up, named Agabus, and indicated by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (which took place in the days of Claudius).
Acts 11:29 So each of the disciples, according to his financial ability, resolved to send relief (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) to the brothers living in Judea,
Acts 12:4 When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), wishing after the Passover to bring him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) out to the people.
Acts 12:5 So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer was made earnestly to God for him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) by the church.
Acts 12:6 Now when Herod was about to bring him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) out, on that very night, Peter was asleep between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and guards before the door were guarding the prison.
Acts 12:7 And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared, and a light shone in the cell. He struck the side of Peter and woke him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands.