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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 13:31αὐτοῦ · His
    …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.
  2. Acts 13:33αὐτῶν · their
    He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’
  3. Acts 13:34αὐτὸν · Him
    In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
  4. Acts 13:36αὐτοῦ · his
    For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
  5. Acts 13:42αὐτῶν · [Paul and Barnabas]; αὐτοῖς · them
    As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.
  6. Acts 13:43αὐτοῖς · to them; αὐτοὺς · them
    After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
  7. Acts 13:46αὐτὸν · it
    Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
  8. Acts 13:50αὐτοὺς; αὐτῶν · their
    The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
  9. Acts 13:51αὐτοὺς · them
    So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.
  10. Acts 14:1αὐτὸ; αὐτοὺς · [Paul and Barnabas]
    At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.
  11. Acts 14:3αὐτοῦ · His; αὐτῶν
    So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.
  12. Acts 14:5αὐτῶν · their; αὐτούς · them
    But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,
  13. Acts 14:8αὐτοῦ
    In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
  14. Acts 14:9αὐτῷ · at him
    This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.
  15. Acts 14:11αὐτῶν · their
    When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”
  16. Acts 14:12αὐτὸς · he
    Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
  17. Acts 14:14αὐτῶν · their
    But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,
  18. Acts 14:15αὐτοῖς · them
    “Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
  19. Acts 14:16αὐτῶν · their
    In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.
  20. Acts 14:18αὐτοῖς · to them
    Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.
  21. Acts 14:19αὐτὸν · he
    Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.
  22. Acts 14:20αὐτὸν · him
    But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
  23. Acts 14:23αὐτοῖς · for them; αὐτοὺς · them
    Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
  24. Acts 14:27αὐτῶν · them
    When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
  25. Acts 15:2αὐτοὺς · [these men]; αὐτῶν
    And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
  26. Acts 15:4αὐτῶν · them
    On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
  27. Acts 15:5αὐτοὺς · [The Gentiles]
    But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”
  28. Acts 15:7αὐτούς · them
    After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
  29. Acts 15:8αὐτοῖς · to them
    And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.
  30. Acts 15:9αὐτῶν · them; αὐτῶν · their
    He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.
  31. Acts 15:12αὐτῶν · them
    The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
  32. Acts 15:13αὐτοὺς · they
    When they had finished speaking, James declared, “Brothers, listen to me!
  33. Acts 15:14αὐτοῦ · His
    Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.
  34. Acts 15:16αὐτῆς · Its; αὐτήν
    ‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,
  35. Acts 15:17αὐτούς
    …so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things
  36. Acts 15:20αὐτοῖς · [ and tell] them
    Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
  37. Acts 15:21αὐτὸν
    For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”
  38. Acts 15:22αὐτῶν · them
    Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,
  39. Acts 15:23αὐτῶν
    …and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.
  40. Acts 15:26αὐτῶν · their
    …men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.