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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 3:4αὐτοῦ · his
    “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?”
  2. John 3:8αὐτοῦ · its
    The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
  3. John 3:9αὐτῷ
    “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
  4. John 3:10αὐτῷ
    “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
  5. John 3:15αὐτῷ · Him
    …that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
  6. John 3:16αὐτὸν · Him
    For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
  7. John 3:17αὐτοῦ · Him
    For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
  8. John 3:18αὐτὸν · Him
    Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
  9. John 3:19αὐτῶν · their
    And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
  10. John 3:20αὐτοῦ · his
    Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
  11. John 3:21αὐτοῦ · [what] he
    But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”
  12. John 3:22αὐτοῦ · His; αὐτῶν · them
    After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
  13. John 3:26αὐτῷ; αὐτόν · Him
    So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”
  14. John 3:27αὐτῷ · him
    John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
  15. John 3:28αὐτοὶ · yourselves
    You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
  16. John 3:29αὐτοῦ · him
    The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
  17. John 3:32αὐτοῦ · His
    He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
  18. John 3:33αὐτοῦ · His
    Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
  19. John 3:35αὐτοῦ · His
    The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
  20. John 3:36αὐτόν · him
    Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
  21. John 4:2αὐτὸς · who; αὐτοῦ · His
    …(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),
  22. John 4:4αὐτὸν · He
    Now He had to pass through Samaria.
  23. John 4:5αὐτοῦ · his
    So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
  24. John 4:7αὐτῇ · to her
    When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
  25. John 4:8αὐτοῦ · His
    (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
  26. John 4:9αὐτῷ
    “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
  27. John 4:10αὐτῇ; αὐτὸν · Him
    Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
  28. John 4:11αὐτῷ
    “Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
  29. John 4:12αὐτὸς · himself; αὐτοῦ · it; αὐτοῦ · his; αὐτοῦ · his
    Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
  30. John 4:13αὐτῇ · to her
    Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
  31. John 4:14αὐτῷ · him; αὐτῷ · him; αὐτῷ · him
    But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
  32. John 4:15αὐτὸν · Him
    The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
  33. John 4:16αὐτῇ · her
    Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
  34. John 4:17αὐτῷ; αὐτῇ · to her
    “I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.
  35. John 4:19αὐτῷ
    “Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.
  36. John 4:21αὐτῇ
    “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
  37. John 4:23αὐτόν · Him
    But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.
  38. John 4:24αὐτὸν · Him
    God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
  39. John 4:25αὐτῷ
    The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
  40. John 4:26αὐτῇ
    Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”