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αὐτός

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greekNew TestamentPronoun5,590 occurrences27 books3,727 verses

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

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

5,590 total
  1. John 1:39αὐτῷ · Him
    “Come and see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.
  2. John 1:40αὐτῷ · [Jesus]
    Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus.
  3. John 1:41αὐτῷ · him
    He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
  4. John 1:42αὐτὸν · him; αὐτῷ · him
    Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).
  5. John 1:43αὐτῷ · him
    The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”
  6. John 1:45αὐτῷ · him
    Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
  7. John 1:46αὐτῷ; αὐτῷ
    “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
  8. John 1:47αὐτὸν; αὐτοῦ · him
    When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
  9. John 1:48αὐτῷ; αὐτῷ
    “How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”
  10. John 1:49αὐτῷ
    “Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
  11. John 1:50αὐτῷ · to him
    Jesus said to him, “Do you believe just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.”
  12. John 1:51αὐτῷ
    Then He declared, “Truly, truly, I tell you, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
  13. John 2:2αὐτοῦ · His
    …and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
  14. John 2:3αὐτόν · Him
    When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.”
  15. John 2:4αὐτῇ
    “Woman, what is that to you and to Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
  16. John 2:5αὐτοῦ · His
    His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
  17. John 2:7αὐτοῖς · [the servants]; αὐτὰς · them
    Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.
  18. John 2:8αὐτοῖς
    “Now draw some out,” He said, “and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,
  19. John 2:10αὐτῷ
    …and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”
  20. John 2:11αὐτοῦ · His; αὐτὸν · Him; αὐτοῦ · His
    Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
  21. John 2:12αὐτὸς; αὐτοῦ · His; αὐτοῦ; αὐτοῦ · His
    After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.
  22. John 2:17αὐτοῦ · His
    His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
  23. John 2:18αὐτῷ
    On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”
  24. John 2:19αὐτοῖς; αὐτόν
    Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
  25. John 2:20αὐτόν
    “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”
  26. John 2:21αὐτοῦ · [of] His
    But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.
  27. John 2:22αὐτοῦ · His
    After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
  28. John 2:23αὐτοῦ · His; αὐτοῦ · [the]
    While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.
  29. John 2:24αὐτὸς; αὐτοῖς · to them; αὐτὸν · He
    But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.
  30. John 2:25αὐτὸς · He
    He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.
  31. John 3:1αὐτῷ
    Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
  32. John 3:2αὐτὸν · [Jesus]; αὐτῷ; αὐτοῦ · him
    He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
  33. John 3:3αὐτῷ
    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
  34. John 3:4αὐτὸν
    “How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”