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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 11:26αὐτοῖς · they
    …and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
  2. Acts 11:28αὐτῶν · them
    One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
  3. Acts 11:29αὐτῶν
    So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
  4. Acts 12:4αὐτόν; αὐτὸν
    He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
  5. Acts 12:5αὐτοῦ · him
    So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
  6. Acts 12:6αὐτὸν
    On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
  7. Acts 12:7αὐτὸν; αὐτοῦ
    Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
  8. Acts 12:8αὐτόν; αὐτῷ · him
    “Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
  9. Acts 12:10αὐτοῖς · for them; αὐτοῦ · him
    They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
  10. Acts 12:11αὐτοῦ · His
    Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
  11. Acts 12:13αὐτοῦ · He
    He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
  12. Acts 12:15αὐτὴν · her; αὐτοῦ · his
    “You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
  13. Acts 12:16αὐτὸν · him
    But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.
  14. Acts 12:17αὐτοῖς · for; αὐτοῖς; αὐτὸν · him
    Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
  15. Acts 12:19αὐτὸν · for him
    After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
  16. Acts 12:20αὐτόν · him; αὐτῶν · their
    Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.
  17. Acts 12:21αὐτούς · [the people]
    On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.
  18. Acts 12:23αὐτὸν · him {down}
    Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
  19. Acts 13:2αὐτῶν · they; αὐτούς · them
    While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
  20. Acts 13:3αὐτοῖς · on them
    And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
  21. Acts 13:4Αὐτοὶ · [Barnabas and Saul]
    So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
  22. Acts 13:8αὐτοῖς · them; αὐτοῦ · his
    But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
  23. Acts 13:9αὐτὸν · Elymas
    Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas
  24. Acts 13:11αὐτὸν · him
    Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
  25. Acts 13:13αὐτῶν · them
    After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
  26. Acts 13:14Αὐτοὶ · they
    And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.
  27. Acts 13:15αὐτοὺς · them
    After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”
  28. Acts 13:17αὐτοὺς · them; αὐτῆς · [that land]
    The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.
  29. Acts 13:18αὐτοὺς
    He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.
  30. Acts 13:19αὐτῶν · {He gave} their
    And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.
  31. Acts 13:21αὐτοῖς · them
    Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.
  32. Acts 13:22αὐτὸν · [Saul]; αὐτοῖς · their
    After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’
  33. Acts 13:24αὐτοῦ · of [Jesus]
    Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
  34. Acts 13:27αὐτῶν · their
    The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
  35. Acts 13:28αὐτόν
    And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.
  36. Acts 13:29αὐτοῦ · Him
    When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
  37. Acts 13:30αὐτὸν · Him
    But God raised Him from the dead,
  38. Acts 13:31αὐτῷ · Him
    …and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.