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

Luke 11:37	When Jesus finished speaking, a Pharisee asked him (auton \| αὐτόν \| acc sg masc3rd) to have a meal with him (autō \| αὐτῷ \| dat sg masc3rd), so he went in and reclined at table.
Luke 11:39	The Lord said to him (auton \| αὐτόν \| acc sg masc3rd), “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish; but the inside of you is full of greed and wickedness.
Luke 11:45	One of the lawyers responded and said to him (autō \| αὐτῷ \| dat sg masc3rd), “Teacher, in saying these things you insult us as well.”
Luke 11:46	Jesus replied, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people down with burdens hard to bear, yet you yourselves (autoi \| αὐτοί \| nom pl masc) will not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
Luke 11:47	Woe to you! For you build memorials to the prophets, but your fathers killed them (autous \| αὐτούς \| acc pl masc3rd).
Luke 11:48	So you are witnesses: you approve of the deeds of your fathers, because while they (autoi \| αὐτοί \| nom pl masc) killed them (autous \| αὐτούς \| acc pl masc3rd), you build the memorials.
Luke 11:49	Indeed, for this reason the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them (autous \| αὐτούς \| acc pl masc3rd) prophets and apostles, some of whom (autōn \| αὐτῶν \| gen pl masc3rd) they will kill and persecute,’
Luke 11:52	Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter yourselves (autoi \| αὐτοί \| nom pl masc), and have hindered those who wanted to enter.”
Luke 11:53	When he (autou \| αὐτοῦ \| gen sg masc3rd) went out from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly hostile, and to question him (auton \| αὐτόν \| acc sg masc3rd) sharply about many things,
Luke 11:54	plotting against him (auton \| αὐτόν \| acc sg masc3rd), to catch him in something from his (autou \| αὐτοῦ \| gen sg masc3rd) mouth.
Luke 12:1	In the meantime, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling one another, Jesus began to say (to his (autou \| αὐτοῦ \| gen sg masc3rd) disciples first), “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Luke 12:6	“Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them (autōn \| αὐτῶν \| gen pl neut3rd) is forgotten before God.
Luke 12:8	“I say to you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him (autō \| αὐτῷ \| dat sg masc3rd) before the angels of God;
Luke 12:10	And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
Luke 12:12	For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that (autē \| αὐτῇ \| dat sg fem) very hour what it is necessary to say.”
Luke 12:13	Someone from the crowd said to him (autō \| αὐτῷ \| dat sg masc3rd), “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.”
Luke 12:14	But he said to him (autō \| αὐτῷ \| dat sg masc3rd), “Friend, who appointed me a judge or arbitrator between you two?”
Luke 12:15	And he said to them (autous \| αὐτούς \| acc pl masc3rd), “Watch out and be on guard against all types of greed, because one’s (autou \| αὐτοῦ \| gen sg masc3rd) life does not consist in the abundance of his (autō \| αὐτῷ \| dat sg masc3rd) possessions.”
Luke 12:16	Then he told a parable to them (autous \| αὐτούς \| acc pl masc3rd), saying: “The land of a certain rich man produced a good crop.
Luke 12:20	But God said to him (autō \| αὐτῷ \| dat sg masc3rd), ‘You fool! This very night your soul will be demanded of you. And what you have prepared for yourself, whose will it be?’
Luke 12:22	He said to his (autou \| αὐτοῦ \| gen sg masc3rd) disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will wear.
Luke 12:24	Consider the ravens: for they do not sow, neither do they reap; for them there is neither storehouse nor granary, yet God feeds them (autous \| αὐτούς \| acc pl masc3rd). Of how much more value are you than the birds!
Luke 12:25	And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his (autou \| αὐτοῦ \| gen sg masc3rd) span of life?
Luke 12:27	Consider the lilies, how they grow. They neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his (autou \| αὐτοῦ \| gen sg masc3rd) glory clothed himself like one of these.
Luke 12:31	Instead, have his (autou \| αὐτοῦ \| gen sg masc3rd) kingdom as your overriding concern, and these things will be given to you in addition.