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 22:47 While he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) was still speaking, there came a crowd, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was coming on ahead of them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd). He went up to Jesus to kiss him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd),
Luke 22:48 but Jesus said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Judas, is it with a kiss that you intend to betray the Son of Man?”
Luke 22:49 When those who were around him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) saw what was about to happen, they said, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?”
Luke 22:50 And a certain one of them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) right ear.
Luke 22:51 In response Jesus said, “Stop! No more of this.” And touching the ear, he healed it (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd).
Luke 22:52 Then Jesus said to those who had come out against him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) — the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders, “Why did you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?
Luke 22:54 Then they seized him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) and led him away, and brought him into the house of the high priest. Peter was following at a distance.
Luke 22:55 Some people had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together. Peter sat down among them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd).
Luke 22:56 Seeing him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) sitting at the fire, a certain servant girl looked at him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) intently and said, “This man also was with him.” (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd)
Luke 22:57 But he denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him!” (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd)
Luke 22:58 After a little while someone else noticed him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) and said, “You also are one of them.” (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) But Peter said, “Man, I am not!”
Luke 22:59 Then after about an hour had passed a certain other person kept insisting, saying, “Surely this person also was with him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd), for he too is a Galilean.”
Luke 22:60 But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) was still speaking, the rooster crowed.
Luke 22:61 Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord that he had said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.”
Luke 22:63 Now the men who were holding Jesus (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) in custody began to mock him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) and beat him,
Luke 22:64 and blindfolding him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) they kept asking, “Tell us, who is it that struck you?”
Luke 22:65 They also said to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) many other blasphemous things.
Luke 22:66 And when day came, the council of elders of the people was assembled, both chief priests and scribes, and they had Jesus (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) brought into their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) council chamber
Luke 22:67 and said, “If you are the Messiah, tell us.” But he said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “If I tell you, you will not believe,
Luke 22:70 They all said, “Are you, then, the Son of God?” And he said to them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd), “You say that I am.”
Luke 22:71 Then they said, “What further need do we have of a witness? we have heard it ourselves (autoi | αὐτοί | nom pl masc) from his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) own (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) lips.”
Luke 23:1 Then the whole assembly of (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) rose up and brought Jesus (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) before Pilate.
Luke 23:2 And they began to accuse him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd), saying, “We found this man trying to mislead our nation, opposing the payment of taxes to Caesar, and claiming himself to be Christ, a king.”
Luke 23:3 So Pilate asked Jesus (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), saying, “Are you the king of the Jews?” In response Jesus said “You say so.”
Luke 23:7 Learning that he was from Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) off to Herod, who (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) was also in Jerusalem during those days.