αὐτός | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

αὐτός, -ή, -ό

Definition

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

Erasmian

Modern

Root

αὐτο

Frequency

5597

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

Mark 13:28	“Now from the fig tree learn its parable: As soon as its (autēs \| αὐτῆς \| gen sg fem3rd) bough becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.
Mark 13:34	It is like a man going on a journey. He left his (autou \| αὐτοῦ \| gen sg masc3rd) home and gave authority to his (autou \| αὐτοῦ \| gen sg masc3rd) servants, to each one his (autou \| αὐτοῦ \| gen sg masc3rd) work, and he ordered the doorkeeper to stay alert.
Mark 14:1	It was now two days before the Passover and Festival of Unleavened Bread. And the ruling priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize him (auton \| αὐτόν \| acc sg masc3rd) by treachery and put him to death,
Mark 14:3	And while he (autou \| αὐτοῦ \| gen sg masc3rd) was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he (autou \| αὐτοῦ \| gen sg masc3rd) reclined at table, there came a woman with an alabaster flask of very costly anointment of pure nard; and breaking the flask, she poured it over his (autou \| αὐτοῦ \| gen sg masc3rd) head.
Mark 14:5	For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they rebuked her (autē \| αὐτῇ \| dat sg fem3rd) harshly.
Mark 14:6	But Jesus said, “Leave her (autēn \| αὐτήν \| acc sg fem3rd) alone. Why are you causing her (autē \| αὐτῇ \| dat sg fem3rd) trouble? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
Mark 14:7	For you will always have the poor with you, and whenever you want you can do something good for them (autois \| αὐτοῖς \| dat pl masc3rd), but you will not always have me.
Mark 14:9	I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.” (autēs \| αὐτῆς \| gen sg fem3rd)
Mark 14:10	Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the ruling priests so he might hand Jesus (auton \| αὐτόν \| acc sg masc3rd) over to them (autois \| αὐτοῖς \| dat pl masc3rd).
Mark 14:11	And when they heard it, they were pleased and promised to give him (autō \| αὐτῷ \| dat sg masc3rd) money. So Judas was seeking how he might hand him (auton \| αὐτόν \| acc sg masc3rd) over at a convenient moment.
Mark 14:12	And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when people were slaughtering the Passover lamb, his (autou \| αὐτοῦ \| gen sg masc3rd) disciples said to him (autō \| αὐτῷ \| dat sg masc3rd), “Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
Mark 14:13	And he sent two of his (autou \| αὐτοῦ \| gen sg masc3rd) disciples and said to them (autois \| αὐτοῖς \| dat pl masc3rd), “Go into the city and a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you; follow him (autō \| αὐτῷ \| dat sg masc3rd).
Mark 14:15	And he (autos \| αὐτός \| nom sg masc) will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready; there prepare for us.”
Mark 14:16	The disciples left, came to the city, and found things just as he had told them (autois \| αὐτοῖς \| dat pl masc3rd). So they prepared the Passover.
Mark 14:18	And while they (autōn \| αὐτῶν \| gen pl masc3rd) were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.”
Mark 14:19	They began to be grieved and to say to him (autō \| αὐτῷ \| dat sg masc3rd) one after the other, “Surely not I?”
Mark 14:20	He said to them (autois \| αὐτοῖς \| dat pl masc3rd), “It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping his bread into the bowl with me.
Mark 14:21	For the Son of Man is going as it is written of him (autou \| αὐτοῦ \| gen sg masc3rd); but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed — better for him (autō \| αὐτῷ \| dat sg masc3rd) if that man had not been born.”
Mark 14:22	And while they (autōn \| αὐτῶν \| gen pl masc3rd) were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it and gave it to them (autois \| αὐτοῖς \| dat pl masc3rd) and said, “Take; this is my body.”
Mark 14:23	And when he had taken the cup and given thanks, he passed it to them (autois \| αὐτοῖς \| dat pl masc3rd), and they all drank from it (autou \| αὐτοῦ \| gen sg neut3rd).
Mark 14:24	And he said to them (autois \| αὐτοῖς \| dat pl masc3rd), “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out in behalf of many.
Mark 14:25	I tell you the truth, I will not again drink from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it (auto \| αὐτό \| acc sg neut3rd) new in the kingdom of God.”
Mark 14:27	And Jesus said to them (autois \| αὐτοῖς \| dat pl masc3rd), “All of you will fall away, because it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
Mark 14:29	Peter said to him (autō \| αὐτῷ \| dat sg masc3rd), “Even though they all fall away, I will not!”
Mark 14:30	And Jesus said to him (autō \| αὐτῷ \| dat sg masc3rd), “I tell you the truth, today — this very night, before the rooster crows twice — you will deny me three times.”