Definition
he, she, it; him/her/itself; same
Vocabulary Form
αὐτός, -ή, -ό
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 7:4 | For no one acts in secret if he (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) desires public recognition. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” |
| John 7:5 | (You see, not even his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) brothers had confidence in him.) (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) |
| John 7:6 | So Jesus said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. |
| John 7:7 | The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I am bearing witness against it (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) that its (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) works are evil. |
| John 7:9 | Having said this, he (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) stayed behind in Galilee. |
| John 7:10 | However, when his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) brothers had gone up to the festival, then Jesus himself (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) also went up, not openly, but as it were, in private. |
| John 7:11 | The Jews were looking for him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) at the festival, and saying, “Where is that man?” |
| John 7:12 | And there was a lot of secret discussion about him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) among the crowds; some were saying, “He is a good man,” but others were saying, “No, to the contrary, he is leading people astray.” |
| John 7:13 | No one, however, was speaking openly about him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) for fear of the Jews. |
| John 7:16 | Jesus answered, saying, “My teaching is not mine, but it comes from the one who sent me. |
| John 7:17 | If anyone is willing to do God’s (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) will, he will know about the teaching, whether it comes from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. |
| John 7:18 | The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own honor; but the one who seeks the honor of the one who sent him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) is truthful, and in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) there is nothing false. |
| John 7:21 | Jesus answered, saying to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “I performed one work, and you are all astonished. |
| John 7:26 | And look, he is speaking boldly and they are saying nothing to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd). Is it possible that our rulers know for sure that this man is the Christ? |
| John 7:29 | but I know him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), because I am from him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) and he it is who sent me.” |
| John 7:30 | So they were anxious to arrest him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), but no one laid a hand on him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), because his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) hour had not yet come. |
| John 7:31 | Yet many of the crowd believed in him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), saying, “When the Christ comes, he will not perform more miraculous signs than this man has, will he?” |
| John 7:32 | The Pharisees heard the crowd secretly discussing these things about Jesus (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd), so the chief priests and Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd). |
| John 7:35 | Then the Jews said to one another, “Where is this man about to go that we will not find him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd)? Surely he is not going to go to our people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he? |
| John 7:38 | The one who believes in me, as the scripture says, “Out of his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) heart will flow rivers of living water.’” |
| John 7:39 | Now he said this about the Spirit, which those who believed in him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet present, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. |
| John 7:43 | So there was a division among the people because of him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd). |
| John 7:44 | Some of them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) wanted to arrest him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), but no one laid a hand on him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd). |
| John 7:45 | Then the temple guards went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Why did you not bring him?” (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) |
| John 7:47 | The Pharisees responded to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Surely you have not been deceived as well, have you? |