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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 20:2αὐτοὺς
    After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,
  2. Acts 20:3αὐτῷ · against him
    …where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.
  3. Acts 20:4αὐτῷ · [Paul]
    Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
  4. Acts 20:6αὐτοὺς · them
    And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.
  5. Acts 20:7αὐτοῖς · to them
    On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.
  6. Acts 20:10αὐτῷ · [the young man]; αὐτοῦ · He; αὐτῷ
    But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”
  7. Acts 20:13αὐτὸς
    We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.
  8. Acts 20:14αὐτὸν
    And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.
  9. Acts 20:16αὐτῷ; αὐτῷ
    Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
  10. Acts 20:18αὐτὸν · him; αὐτοῖς
    When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.
  11. Acts 20:22αὐτῇ · [there]
    And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.
  12. Acts 20:30αὐτῶν · number
    Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
  13. Acts 20:32αὐτοῦ · His
    And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
  14. Acts 20:34αὐτοὶ · You yourselves
    You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.
  15. Acts 20:35αὐτὸς · Himself
    In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
  16. Acts 20:36αὐτοῦ; αὐτοῖς · of them
    When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.
  17. Acts 20:37αὐτόν · him
    They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.
  18. Acts 20:38αὐτοῦ · his; αὐτὸν · him
    They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.
  19. Acts 21:1αὐτῶν · them
    After we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
  20. Acts 21:3αὐτὴν
    After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.
  21. Acts 21:7αὐτοῖς · them
    When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.
  22. Acts 21:8αὐτῷ
    Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.
  23. Acts 21:12αὐτὸν · [Paul]
    When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
  24. Acts 21:14αὐτοῦ · he
    When he would not be dissuaded, we quieted down and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
  25. Acts 21:19αὐτοὺς · them; αὐτοῦ · his
    Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
  26. Acts 21:20αὐτῷ · to [Paul]
    When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
  27. Acts 21:21αὐτοὺς · them
    But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.
  28. Acts 21:24αὐτοῖς · them; αὐτοῖς; αὐτὸς · you
    Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that there is no truth to these rumors about you, but that you also live in obedience to the law.
  29. Acts 21:25αὐτοὺς · [that] they
    As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
  30. Acts 21:26αὐτοῖς · them; αὐτῶν · of them
    So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.
  31. Acts 21:27αὐτὸν · [Paul]; αὐτὸν · him
    When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
  32. Acts 21:29αὐτῷ · him
    For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
  33. Acts 21:30αὐτὸν · him
    The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
  34. Acts 21:31αὐτὸν · him
    While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.
  35. Acts 21:32αὐτούς · [the crowd]
    Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
  36. Acts 21:33αὐτοῦ · [Paul]
    The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
  37. Acts 21:34αὐτοῦ · [the commander]; αὐτὸν · [Paul]
    Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.
  38. Acts 21:35αὐτὸν · he
    When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.