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

Acts 7:41 And they made a calf in those days and offered a sacrifice to the idol and began rejoicing in the works of their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) hands.
Acts 7:42 But God turned away and gave them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Acts 7:43 You took along the shrine of Moloch and the star of your god Rephan, the images that you made, to worship them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), so I will make you move beyond Babylon.’
Acts 7:44 “The tabernacle of witness was with our fathers in the wilderness just as the one who spoke to Moses ordered him to make it (autēn | αὐτήν | acc sg fem3rd) according to the pattern he had seen.
Acts 7:47 But it was Solomon who built a house for him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd).
Acts 7:54 Now when they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd).
Acts 7:57 But they cried out with a loud voice and covered their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) ears and rushed together at him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd).
Acts 7:58 When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him; and the witnesses laid their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Acts 7:60 And falling to his knees he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Acts 8:1 Now Saul was in agreement with his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) execution. There arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Acts 8:2 Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd).
Acts 8:5 Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) the Christ.
Acts 8:6 And with one accord the crowds paid attention to what was being said by Philip as they (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) heard him and saw the signs that he was performing.
Acts 8:11 And they paid attention to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) because for a long time he had amazed them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) by his magic.
Acts 8:13 Even Simon himself (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) believed, and after being baptized he stayed constantly with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles happening, he was amazed.
Acts 8:14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) Peter and John,
Acts 8:15 who went down and prayed for them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) that they might receive the Holy Spirit,
Acts 8:16 for he had not yet fallen on any one of them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd), but they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 8:17 Then Peter and John laid hands on them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) and they received the Holy Spirit.
Acts 8:18 But when Simon saw that it was through the laying on of the hands of the apostles that the Spirit was given, he offered them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) money,
Acts 8:20 But Peter said to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), “May your silver go with you to destruction, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
Acts 8:27 And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her (autēs | αὐτῆς | gen sg fem3rd) treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship
Acts 8:28 and was returning, seated in his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) carriage, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
Acts 8:30 So Philip ran to him and heard him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) reading Isaiah the prophet and he said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
Acts 8:31 And he said, “How could I unless someone guide me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd).