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 4:41 and many more believed because of what they heard from him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd).
John 4:42 They said to the woman, “No longer is it because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard him for ourselves (autoi | αὐτοί | nom pl masc), and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
John 4:44 (for Jesus himself (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country).
John 4:45 When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem during the feast (for they (autoi | αὐτοί | nom pl masc) too had gone to the feast).
John 4:47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) and begged him to come down and heal his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) son; for he was at the point of death.
John 4:48 Jesus therefore said to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe!”
John 4:49 The officer said to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), “Sir, come down before my little boy dies.”
John 4:50 Jesus replied “Go, your son lives.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), and he set off for home.
John 4:51 While he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) was still on his way down his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) servants met him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) and told him that his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) son was living.
John 4:52 So he asked them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) what time it was when his son got better, and they said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd)
John 4:53 Then the father realized that was at that very hour when Jesus had said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Your son lives,” and he (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) became a believer, as did his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) entire household.
John 5:5 One man who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
John 5:6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in that condition for a long time already, he said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Do you want to be healed?”
John 5:7 The sick man answered him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am on my way someone else steps down ahead of me.”
John 5:8 Jesus said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Get up, pick up your mat and walk.”
John 5:9 And immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) mat and started walking. Now that day was a Sabbath.
John 5:11 But he answered them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
John 5:12 They questioned him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’?”
John 5:14 Later on Jesus found him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) in the temple and said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “See, you have been healed! Do not sin any longer, so that nothing worse happens to you.”
John 5:15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) well.
John 5:17 But Jesus answered them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “My Father has been working until now, and I also am working.”
John 5:18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), because he not only used to break the Sabbath, but he also was calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.
John 5:19 Jesus said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son is doing likewise.
John 5:20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) everything that he (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) is doing; and he will show him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) greater works than these, and you will be amazed.
John 5:23 so that everyone should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd).