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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

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Occurrences

5,590 total
  1. Acts 7:23αὐτῷ · [Moses]; αὐτοῦ; αὐτοῦ · his
    When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
  2. Acts 7:25αὐτοῦ · his; αὐτοῦ; αὐτοῖς
    He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.
  3. Acts 7:26αὐτοῖς · [two Israelites who]; αὐτοὺς
    The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
  4. Acts 7:27αὐτὸν
    But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
  5. Acts 7:30αὐτῷ · to [Moses]
    After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
  6. Acts 7:31αὐτοῦ · [As] he
    When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him:
  7. Acts 7:33αὐτῷ · to him
    Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
  8. Acts 7:34αὐτοῦ · their; αὐτούς · them
    I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’
  9. Acts 7:35αὐτῷ · to him
    This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
  10. Acts 7:36αὐτοὺς
    He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
  11. Acts 7:38αὐτῷ · to him
    He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
  12. Acts 7:39αὐτῶν · their
    But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
  13. Acts 7:40αὐτῷ · to him
    They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’
  14. Acts 7:41αὐτῶν · their
    At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
  15. Acts 7:42αὐτοὺς
    But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
  16. Acts 7:43αὐτοῖς
    You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
  17. Acts 7:44αὐτὴν
    Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
  18. Acts 7:47αὐτῷ · for Him
    But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.
  19. Acts 7:54αὐτῶν; αὐτόν · him
    On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
  20. Acts 7:57αὐτῶν · their; αὐτόν · him
    At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.
  21. Acts 7:58αὐτῶν · their
    They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
  22. Acts 7:60αὐτοῖς · against them
    Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
  23. Acts 8:1αὐτοῦ · [Stephen’s]
    And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
  24. Acts 8:2αὐτῷ · him
    God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
  25. Acts 8:5αὐτοῖς · to them
    Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.
  26. Acts 8:6αὐτοὺς
    The crowds all paid close attention to Philip’s message and to the signs they saw him perform.
  27. Acts 8:11αὐτῷ · to him; αὐτούς · them
    They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery.
  28. Acts 8:13αὐτὸς · himself
    Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.
  29. Acts 8:14αὐτοὺς · them
    When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
  30. Acts 8:15αὐτῶν · them
    On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.
  31. Acts 8:16αὐτῶν · of them
    For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
  32. Acts 8:17αὐτούς · them
    Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
  33. Acts 8:18αὐτοῖς · them
    When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
  34. Acts 8:20αὐτόν
    But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
  35. Acts 8:27αὐτῆς
    So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
  36. Acts 8:28αὐτοῦ · his
    …and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet.
  37. Acts 8:30αὐτοῦ · [the man]
    So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
  38. Acts 8:31αὐτῷ · him
    “How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
  39. Acts 8:32αὐτὸν; αὐτοῦ · His
    The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
  40. Acts 8:33αὐτοῦ · His
    In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”