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 8:33 They replied to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone! How can you say, ‘You will become free’?”
John 8:34 Jesus answered them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.
John 8:39 They answered him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), saying, “Our father is Abraham!” Jesus said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “If you were really Abraham’s children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham.
John 8:41 You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “We have not been born as a result of fornication; we have only one father, God himself.”
John 8:42 Jesus said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now I am here. I have not come on my own, but he sent me.
John 8:44 You belong to your father the devil, and your will is to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and never did stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd). When he lies, he is giving expression to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg neut3rd).
John 8:48 The Jews answered him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), saying, “Are we not correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”
John 8:52 The Jews therefore said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’
John 8:55 And you have not known him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), but I know him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd). If I were to say that I did not know him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), I would be like you, a liar; but I do know him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), and I keep his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) word.
John 8:57 So the Jews said to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), “You are not yet fifty years old, and you have seen Abraham?”
John 8:58 Jesus said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came to be, I am!”
John 8:59 Then they picked up stones to throw at him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd); but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
John 9:2 And his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples questioned him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) parents, that he was born blind?”
John 9:3 Jesus answered, “It is not that this man sinned, or his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) parents; but it happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd).
John 9:6 After saying this, he spat on the ground and made mud with his saliva; then he daubed the mud on the man’s (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) eyes
John 9:7 and said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went away and washed, and came back able to see.
John 9:8 Then the neighbors and those who were used to seeing him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) as a beggar said, “Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?”
John 9:9 Some said, “He is the one.” Others said, “No, but he looks like him.” (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) But he himself kept saying, “I am the man.”
John 9:10 So they asked him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “How then were your eyes opened?”
John 9:12 They said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Where is that man?” He replied, “I do not know.”
John 9:13 They brought to the Pharisees the man (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) who had been blind.
John 9:14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) eyes.
John 9:15 Then the Pharisees also asked him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) how he had received his sight. And he said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “He daubed mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see.”
John 9:16 Then some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform miraculous signs like this?” And there was a division among them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd).
John 9:17 So they spoke again to the blind man, “What do you say about him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd), since it was your eyes that he opened?” The man replied, “He is a prophet.”