αὐτός

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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. 1 Corinthians 1:30αὐτοῦ · Him [that]
    It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
  2. 1 Corinthians 2:9αὐτόν · Him
    Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
  3. 1 Corinthians 2:11αὐτῷ · him
    For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
  4. 1 Corinthians 2:14αὐτῷ · to him
    The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  5. 1 Corinthians 2:15αὐτὸς · he himself
    The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.
  6. 1 Corinthians 2:16αὐτόν · Him
    “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
  7. …his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.
  8. 1 Corinthians 3:15αὐτὸς · He himself
    If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.
  9. 1 Corinthians 3:19αὐτῶν · their
    For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
  10. That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.
  11. 1 Corinthians 5:13αὐτῶν
    God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
  12. 1 Corinthians 6:5αὐτοῦ · his
    I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?
  13. 1 Corinthians 6:14αὐτοῦ · His
    By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.
  14. Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
  15. 1 Corinthians 7:8αὐτοῖς · for them
    Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
  16. 1 Corinthians 7:12αὐτοῦ · him; αὐτήν · her
    To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
  17. 1 Corinthians 7:13αὐτῆς · her
    And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.
  18. 1 Corinthians 7:35αὐτῶν · own
    I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.
  19. 1 Corinthians 7:36αὐτοῦ · his
    However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.
  20. 1 Corinthians 7:37αὐτοῦ · his
    But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.
  21. 1 Corinthians 7:39αὐτῆς · to her
    A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
  22. 1 Corinthians 8:3αὐτοῦ · [God]
    But the one who loves God is known by God.
  23. 1 Corinthians 8:6αὐτόν · [whom]; αὐτοῦ · [whom]
    …yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
  24. 1 Corinthians 8:7αὐτῶν · [since] their
    But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
  25. 1 Corinthians 8:10αὐτοῦ · [with]
    For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?
  26. 1 Corinthians 8:12αὐτῶν · their
    By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
  27. 1 Corinthians 9:7αὐτοῦ · its
    Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
  28. 1 Corinthians 9:20αὐτὸς · ([though I] myself
    To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.
  29. 1 Corinthians 9:23αὐτοῦ · in its [blessings]
    I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
  30. 1 Corinthians 9:27αὐτὸς · I myself
    No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
  31. 1 Corinthians 10:3αὐτὸ · same
    They all ate the same spiritual food
  32. 1 Corinthians 10:4αὐτὸ · same
    …and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
  33. 1 Corinthians 10:5αὐτῶν · of them
    Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.
  34. 1 Corinthians 10:7αὐτῶν · of them [were]
    Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”
  35. 1 Corinthians 10:8αὐτῶν · of them
    We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
  36. 1 Corinthians 10:9αὐτῶν · of them
    We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
  37. 1 Corinthians 10:10αὐτῶν · of them
    And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
  38. 1 Corinthians 10:22αὐτοῦ · than He
    Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
  39. 1 Corinthians 10:26αὐτῆς · thereof
    …for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”
  40. 1 Corinthians 11:4αὐτοῦ · his
    Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.
  41. 1 Corinthians 11:5αὐτῆς · her; αὐτὸ · just [as if]
    And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.
  42. 1 Corinthians 11:13αὐτοῖς · yourselves
    Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
  43. 1 Corinthians 11:14αὐτὴ · itself; αὐτῷ · to him
    Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,
  44. 1 Corinthians 11:15αὐτῇ · her; αὐτῇ · to her
    …but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.
  45. Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.