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 10:35 For I came to turn a man against his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) father, and a daughter against her (autēs | αὐτῆς | gen sg fem3rd) mother, and a daughter-in-law against her (autēs | αὐτῆς | gen sg fem3rd) mother-in-law;
Matthew 10:36 and a man’s enemies will be members of his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) own household.
Matthew 10:38 And whoever does not take up his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
Matthew 10:39 Whoever finds his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) life will lose it (autēn | αὐτήν | acc sg fem3rd), but whoever loses his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) life for my sake will find it (autēn | αὐτήν | acc sg fem3rd).
Matthew 10:42 And whoever, because he is a disciple, gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, I tell you the truth, he will by no means lose his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) reward.”
Matthew 11:1 Now when Jesus had finished giving instructions to his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and proclaim his message in their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) towns.
Matthew 11:2 Now when John heard in prison about the works of the Messiah, he sent word through his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples,
Matthew 11:3 asking “Are you the one who is to come, or should we wait for someone else?”
Matthew 11:4 And Jesus answered them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), saying, “Go and tell John what you hear and see:
Matthew 11:11 “I tell you the truth, there has not risen among those born of women anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd).
Matthew 11:12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent are taking it (autēn | αὐτήν | acc sg fem3rd) by force.
Matthew 11:14 and if you are willing to accept it, he (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) is Elijah who is to come.
Matthew 11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is shown to be right by what she (autēs | αὐτῆς | gen sg fem3rd) does.”
Matthew 11:20 Then he began to reprimand the towns in which most of his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) mighty works had been done, because they did not repent:
Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus declared, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and clever and revealed them (auta | αὐτά | acc pl neut3rd) to little children;
Matthew 12:1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath; and his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and eat.
Matthew 12:2 But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.”
Matthew 12:3 But he said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Have you not read what David did when he and those with him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) were hungry,
Matthew 12:4 how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which it was not lawful for him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) to eat nor for those who were with him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd), but for the priests alone?
Matthew 12:9 Then he left that place and went into their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) synagogue,
Matthew 12:10 and there he saw a man with a withered hand. And they asked him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” — so they might have a charge to bring against him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd).
Matthew 12:11 But he said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “What man is there among you who has only one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it (auto | αὐτό | acc sg neut3rd) and lift it out?
Matthew 12:14 Then the Pharisees went and plotted against him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) in order that they might put him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) to death.
Matthew 12:15 But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And large crowds followed him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), and he healed them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) all.
Matthew 12:16 And he sternly warned them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) that they should not make him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) known