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 22:22 When they heard this they were astonished, so they left him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) and went away.
Matthew 22:23 same That same day the Sadducees who say there is no resurrection came to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) and posed a question.
Matthew 22:24 They said, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) brother must marry the widow and raise up children for his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) brother.’
Matthew 22:25 Now there were seven brothers among us; the first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) wife to his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) brother.
Matthew 22:28 Therefore in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.” (autēn | αὐτήν | acc sg fem3rd)
Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), saying, “You are mistaken, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
Matthew 22:33 And when the crowd heard this, they were astounded at his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) teaching.
Matthew 22:34 Now when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they met together
Matthew 22:35 and one of them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd), an expert in the law, wanted to test him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), and asked,
Matthew 22:37 And he said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
Matthew 22:39 And a second is like it (autē | αὐτῇ | dat sg fem3rd), ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
Matthew 22:41 Now while the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus put this question to them: (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd)
Matthew 22:42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “David’s.”
Matthew 22:43 He said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “How then does David in the Spirit call him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) ‘Lord,’ saying,
Matthew 22:45 If therefore David calls him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) ‘Lord,’ how can he be his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) son?”
Matthew 22:46 And no one was able to answer him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) a word, nor did anyone dare to question him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) any more from that day on.
Matthew 23:1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples,
Matthew 23:3 Therefore put into practice and continue to do whatever they tell you; but do not imitate what they (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) do, for they teach but do not practice.
Matthew 23:4 For they tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves (autoi | αὐτοί | nom pl masc) are not willing to move them (auta | αὐτά | acc pl neut3rd) with their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) finger.
Matthew 23:5 They do all their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) deeds to be seen by others: they make their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) phylacteries broad and their tassels long,
Matthew 23:15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel over land and sea to gain a single convert; and when he becomes one, you make him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
Matthew 23:18 And you say, ‘If someone swears by the altar it means nothing; but if someone swears by the gift that is on it (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg neut), he is bound by his oath.’
Matthew 23:20 So the one who swears by the altar, swears not only by it (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg neut3rd) but by everything on it (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg neut3rd).
Matthew 23:21 And the one who swears by the temple, swears not only by it (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) but by the one who dwells there (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd).
Matthew 23:22 And the one who swears by heaven, swears not only by the throne of God but by the one who sits on it (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd).