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 12:18 “Here is my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
Matthew 12:19 He will not quarrel, nor will he cry out, nor will anyone hear his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) voice in the streets.
Matthew 12:21 And in his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) name the nations will put their hope.”
Matthew 12:22 Then a blind and mute demoniac was brought to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), and he healed him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) so that the mute could both speak and see.
Matthew 12:25 But he knew their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) thoughts and said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to ruin, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.
Matthew 12:26 So if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) kingdom stand?
Matthew 12:27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they (autoi | αὐτοί | nom pl masc) will be your judges.
Matthew 12:29 Or how can someone enter the strong man’s house and carry off his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) belongings, unless he first ties up the strong man? And then he will ransack his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) house.
Matthew 12:32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, neither in this age nor in the age to come.
Matthew 12:33 “Either make the tree good and its (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg neut3rd) fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg neut3rd) fruit rotten; for the tree is known by its fruit.
Matthew 12:36 But I say to you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every careless word they speak.
Matthew 12:38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”
Matthew 12:39 But he answered them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it (autē | αὐτῇ | dat sg fem3rd) except the sign of Jonah the prophet.
Matthew 12:41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it (autēn | αὐτήν | acc sg fem3rd), for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and look, something greater than Jonah is here!
Matthew 12:42 The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it (autēn | αὐτήν | acc sg fem3rd), because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and look, something greater than Solomon is here!
Matthew 12:46 While he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) was still speaking to the people, his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) mother and his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd).
Matthew 12:47
Matthew 12:48 But he answered, saying to the one who had told him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Who is my mother? And who are my brothers?”
Matthew 12:49 And stretching out his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) hand toward his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples, he said, “Look, here are my mother and my brothers!
Matthew 12:50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, he (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) is my brother and sister and mother.”
Matthew 13:2 And great crowds gathered around him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) so that he (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) got into a boat and sat down, and all the crowd stood on the beach.
Matthew 13:3 And he told them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
Matthew 13:4 And as he (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them (auta | αὐτά | acc pl neut3rd).
Matthew 13:7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it (auta | αὐτά | acc pl neut3rd).
Matthew 13:10 And the disciples came to (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) and said, “Why do you speak to (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) in parables?”