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

John 1:48 Nathanael asked him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “How did you get to know me?” Jesus answered him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), saying, “Before Philip called you, while you were still under the fig tree, I saw you.”
John 1:49 Nathanael declared “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the king of Israel!”
John 1:50 Jesus responded, saying to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Is it because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree that you believe? You will see greater things than that.”
John 1:51 Then he said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “I tell you the solemn truth: you will see heaven standing open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
John 2:2 Jesus and his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples were also invited to the wedding.
John 2:3 When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), “They have no more wine.”
John 2:4 And Jesus said to her (autē | αὐτῇ | dat sg fem3rd), “Woman, what is that to me and to you? My hour has not yet come.”
John 2:5 His (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
John 2:7 Jesus said to the servants (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them (autas | αὐτάς | acc pl fem3rd) up to the brim.
John 2:8 Then he told them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took him some,
John 2:10 and said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Everyone serves the choice wine first, and then when the guests are a bit tipsy, that which is inferior. But you have kept the good wine until now.”
John 2:11 Jesus did this, the first of his signs, at Cana in Galilee, and revealed his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) glory; and his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples believed in him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd).
John 2:12 After this he (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) went down to Capernaum with his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) mother and his brothers and his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples, but they stayed there only a few days.
John 2:17 His (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples remembered that it stands written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
John 2:18 The Jews therefore replied, saying to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”
John 2:19 Jesus answered them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), saying, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will restore it.” (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd)
John 2:20 Then the Jews said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you can restore it (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) in three days?”
John 2:21 But he was speaking about the temple of his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) body.
John 2:22 Therefore, when he had risen from the dead, his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
John 2:23 Now while Jesus was in Jerusalem during the festival of Passover, many people put their trust in his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) name, for they saw miraculous signs he was performing.
John 2:24 But as for Jesus, he (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) did not entrust himself (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), because he (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) knew all men,
John 2:25 and because he had no need that anyone should give evidence concerning man, for he himself (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) knew what was in man.
John 3:1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
John 3:2 This man came to Jesus (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) by night and said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one is able to perform the miraculous signs that you are doing unless God is with him.” (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd)
John 3:3 Jesus answered him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), saying, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”