Vocabulary Form
αὐτός, -ή, -ό
Definition

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

Erasmian
Modern
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.

Song
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

Matthew 17:16 And I brought him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) to your disciples but they could not heal him.” (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd)
Matthew 17:17 Jesus answered, saying, unbelieving and perverse generation, how long am I to be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) here to me.”
Matthew 17:18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd); and the boy was healed at once.
Matthew 17:19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it (auto | αὐτό | acc sg neut3rd) out?”
Matthew 17:20 He said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Because of the poverty of your faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.”
Matthew 17:22 While they (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) were still together in Galilee, Jesus said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men,
Matthew 17:23 and they will kill him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), and on the third day he will be raised.” And they were greatly distressed.
Matthew 17:24 And when they (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) arrived at Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma tax?”
Matthew 17:25 “Yes,” he answered. And when he went into the house, Jesus spoke to Peter (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes — from their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) sons or from outsiders?”
Matthew 17:26 And when he answered, “From outsiders,” Jesus said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Then the sons are exempt.
Matthew 17:27 But lest we offend them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd), go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) mouth, you will find a four drachma coin; take it and give it to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) for the two of us.”
Matthew 18:2 Jesus invited a child to come to him, and placing him (auto | αὐτό | acc sg neut3rd) in their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) midst,
Matthew 18:6 But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) to have a large millstone hung around his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) neck and be drowned far out at sea.
Matthew 18:8 “If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) off and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into eternal fire.
Matthew 18:9 And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) out and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.
Matthew 18:10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 18:12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl neut3rd) goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the slopes and go in search of the one that has wandered off?
Matthew 18:13 And if he finds it (auto | αὐτό | acc sg neut3rd), I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg neut3rd) more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
Matthew 18:15 “If your brother sins, go and point out his (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.
Matthew 18:17 If he refuses to listen to them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd), tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, you are to treat him as a pagan and a tax collector.
Matthew 18:19 “Again, I tell you the truth, if two of you on earth are in agreement about anything whatever you may ask, it will be done for you (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) by my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there in their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) midst.”
Matthew 18:21 Then Peter came to Jesus (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) and said, “Lord, how often must I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?”
Matthew 18:22 Jesus said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.
Matthew 18:23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a king who decided to settle accounts with his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) servants.