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

Luke 5:20 And when he saw their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) faith, he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”
Luke 5:22 Jesus, perceiving their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) thoughts, answered, saying to them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd), “Why are you questioning in your hearts?
Luke 5:25 Immediately, having stood up before them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) and picked up what he had been lying on, he went off to his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) house praising God.
Luke 5:27 After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Follow me.”
Luke 5:28 So leaving everything, he got up and followed him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd).
Luke 5:29 And Levi made a great banquet for him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) in his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) house, and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining at table with them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd).
Luke 5:30 And the Pharisees and their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) scribes were grumbling at his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”
Luke 5:31 In response Jesus said to them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd), “Those who are healthy have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick do;
Luke 5:33 And they said to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), “The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, so also do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours continue to eat and drink.”
Luke 5:34 So Jesus said to them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd), “Certainly you cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd)?
Luke 5:35 The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd), and then they will fast in those days.”
Luke 5:36 He also told a parable to them: (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he both tears the new, and the patch from the new will not match the old.
Luke 5:37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.
Luke 6:1 One Sabbath, as Jesus (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) was going through grainfields, his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them.
Luke 6:3 In answer to them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) Jesus said, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) and those who were with him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd)?
Luke 6:4 how he entered the house of God, and taking the Bread of the Presence, he ate it and gave some to those with him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) — which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat?”
Luke 6:5 Then he said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
Luke 6:6 It happened on another Sabbath that he (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) went into the synagogue and began to teach. A man was there whose (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) right hand was withered.
Luke 6:7 So the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) carefully to see whether he healed on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd).
Luke 6:8 But he (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) knew their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) thoughts, so he said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand here in front.” So he got up and came forward.
Luke 6:9 Then Jesus said to them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd), “I ask you whether it is lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?”
Luke 6:10 After looking around at them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) all, he said to the man (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Stretch out your hand.” He did it, and his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) hand was restored.
Luke 6:11 But they (autoi | αὐτοί | nom pl masc) were filled with senseless anger and began discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.
Luke 6:12 It happened in those days that Jesus (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) went out to the mountain to pray, and spent the whole night in prayer to God.
Luke 6:13 When day came, he gathered his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples and chose from them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) twelve, whom he called apostles: