αὐτός

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Definition

αὐτός, -ή, -ό,

determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. (WM, 178f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399).

1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii);

(1) self (ipse), expressing opposition, distinction, exclusion, etc., αὐ. ἐκχυθήσεται, Luke 5:37; αὐ. ἐγινώσκεν, John 2:25; αὐ.ὑμεῖς, John 3:28; καὶ αὐ. ἐγώ, Romans 15:14; αὐ. Ἰησοῦς, John 2:24; αὐ. καὶ οἱ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ, Mark 2:25; ὑμεῖς αὐ., Mark 6:31; esp. (as freq in cl.) αὐ. ὁ, Matthew 3:4, Mark 6:17, John 16:27, 1 Thessalonians 3:11, al.; in late Gk., sometimes weakened, ἐν αὐτῇ τ. ὥρᾳ, in that hour, Luke 10:21 (M, Pr., 91; MM, see word);

(2) emphatic, he, she, it (M, Pr., 86; Bl., §48, 1, 2, 7), Matthew 1:21; 12:50, Luke 6:35, al.; pointing to some one as master (cl.), Matthew 8:24, Mark 4:38, al.; αὐ., καὶ αὐ. = οὗτος, ὁ δε (BL, §48, 1), Matthew 14:2, Mark 14:15, 44, Luke 1:22; 2:28, al.

2. In oblique cases (cl.), for the simple pron. of 3rd of person(s), he, she, it, Matthew 7:9; 10:12; 26:44, al.; with ptcp. in genitive absol., Matthew 9:18, Mark 13:1, al. (for irreg. constructions, V. Bl., §74, 5); pleonastically after the relative (cf. Heb. אֲשֶׁר לוֹ; WM, 184ff.; Bl., §50, 4; MM, see word), Mark 7:25, Revelation 3:8; 7:2, al.; in constr. ad sensum, without proper subject expressly indicated, Matthew 4:23, Acts 8:5, 2 Corinthians 2:13, al.; genitive αὐτοῦ = ἐκείνου, Romans 11:11, 1 Thessalonians 2:19, Titus 3:5, Hebrews 2:4.

3. ὁ, ἡ, τὸ αὐ., the same: Hebrews 1:12; 13:8; τὸ αὐ., ποιεῖν, Matthew 5:46, 47, al.; φρονεῖν, Romans 12:16; 15:5, Philippians 2:2, al.; τὰ αὐ., Acts 15:27, Romans 2:1, al.; κατὰ τὸ (τὰ) αὐ. (MM, see word), Acts 14:1, Luke 6:23, al.; ἐπὶ τὸ αὐ., together (MM, see word), Matthew 22:34, Acts 1:15, al.; ἓν κ. τὸ αὐ., 1 Corinthians 11:5; 12:11; with dative (cl.), 1 Corinthians 11:5; with a noun, λόγος, Mark 14:39; μέτρος, Philippians 1:30; πνεῦμα, 1 Corinthians 12:4.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as αὐτός:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

5,590 total
  1. Revelation 11:5αὐτοὺς · them; αὐτῶν · their; αὐτῶν · their; αὐτοὺς · them; αὐτὸν
    If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.
  2. Revelation 11:6αὐτῶν · their; αὐτὰ
    These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.
  3. Revelation 11:7αὐτῶν · their; αὐτῶν · them; αὐτοὺς; αὐτούς · them
    When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
  4. Revelation 11:8αὐτῶν · Their; αὐτῶν · their
    Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.
  5. Revelation 11:9αὐτῶν · their; αὐτῶν
    For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.
  6. Revelation 11:10αὐτοῖς · them
    And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.
  7. Revelation 11:11αὐτοῖς · [the two witnesses]; αὐτῶν · their; αὐτούς · them
    But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.
  8. Revelation 11:12αὐτοῖς; αὐτοὺς · them; αὐτῶν · their
    And the witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched them.
  9. Revelation 11:15αὐτοῦ · His
    Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
  10. Revelation 11:16αὐτῶν · their; αὐτῶν · their
    And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,
  11. Revelation 11:19αὐτοῦ · His; αὐτοῦ · His
    Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
  12. Revelation 12:1αὐτῆς · her; αὐτῆς · her
    And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
  13. Revelation 12:3αὐτοῦ · his
    Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.
  14. Revelation 12:4αὐτοῦ · His; αὐτοὺς · them; αὐτῆς · her
    His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, hurling them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.
  15. Revelation 12:5αὐτῆς · her; αὐτοῦ · His
    And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
  16. Revelation 12:6αὐτὴν · her
    And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
  17. Revelation 12:7αὐτοῦ · his; αὐτοῦ · his
    Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
  18. Revelation 12:8αὐτῶν · for [him and his angels]
    But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels.
  19. Revelation 12:9αὐτοῦ · his; αὐτοῦ · him
    And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
  20. Revelation 12:10αὐτοῦ · of His; αὐτοὺς · them
    And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God.
  21. Revelation 12:11αὐτοὶ · They; αὐτὸν · him; αὐτῶν · their; αὐτῶν · their
    They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
  22. Revelation 12:12αὐτοῖς · them
    Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”
  23. Revelation 12:14αὐτῆς · her
    But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
  24. Revelation 12:15αὐτοῦ · his
    Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.