Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

αὐτός

Vocabulary form: 
αὐτός
Definition: 

he, she, it (they, them)

Frequency: 
5,597
GK: 
899
Cognates: 

An autocrat (aujtokrathvV) is a ruling by oneself.

Mnemonic Singing: 

Only trust Him,
only trust Him,
only trust Him now.

Notes: 

We will see in chapter 12 that aujtovV can also mean "self" and "same," which is reflected in most English cognates and derivatives.

Biblical Concordance

John 8:33 They replied to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone! How can you say, ‘You will become free’?”
John 8:34 Jesus answered them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.
John 8:39 They answered him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), saying, “Our father is Abraham!” Jesus said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “If you were really Abraham’s children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham.
John 8:41 You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “We have not been born as a result of fornication; we have only one father, God himself.”
John 8:42 Jesus said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now I am here. I have not come on my own, but he sent me.
John 8:44 You belong to your father the devil, and your will is to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and never did stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd). When he lies, he is giving expression to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg neut3rd).
John 8:48 The Jews answered him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), saying, “Are we not correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”
John 8:52 The Jews therefore said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’
John 8:55 And you have not known him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), but I know him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd). If I were to say that I did not know him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), I would be like you, a liar; but I do know him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), and I keep his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) word.
John 8:57 So the Jews said to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), “You are not yet fifty years old, and you have seen Abraham?”
John 8:58 Jesus said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came to be, I am!”
John 8:59 Then they picked up stones to throw at him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd); but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
John 9:2 And his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples questioned him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) parents, that he was born blind?”
John 9:3 Jesus answered, “It is not that this man sinned, or his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) parents; but it happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd).
John 9:6 After saying this, he spat on the ground and made mud with his saliva; then he daubed the mud on the man’s (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) eyes
John 9:7 and said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went away and washed, and came back able to see.
John 9:8 Then the neighbors and those who were used to seeing him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) as a beggar said, “Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?”
John 9:9 Some said, “He is the one.” Others said, “No, but he looks like him.” (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) But he himself kept saying, “I am the man.”
John 9:10 So they asked him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “How then were your eyes opened?”
John 9:12 They said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Where is that man?” He replied, “I do not know.”
John 9:13 They brought to the Pharisees the man (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) who had been blind.
John 9:14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) eyes.
John 9:15 Then the Pharisees also asked him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) how he had received his sight. And he said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “He daubed mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see.”
John 9:16 Then some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform miraculous signs like this?” And there was a division among them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd).
John 9:17 So they spoke again to the blind man, “What do you say about him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd), since it was your eyes that he opened?” The man replied, “He is a prophet.”
John 9:18 The Jews did not believe the report about him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd), that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) who had received his sight
John 9:19 and asked them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd), saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”
John 9:20 His (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) parents answered, saying, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind;
John 9:21 but how it is that he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) eyes. Ask him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), he is an adult. He (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) will speak for himself.”
John 9:22 His (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) to be the Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.
John 9:23 For this reason his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) parents said, “He is an adult, ask him.” (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd)
John 9:24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Give the glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”
John 9:26 Therefore they said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
John 9:27 He answered them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “I told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples too, do you?”
John 9:28 Then they scoffed at him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), saying, “You are a disciple of that man! But we are disciples of Moses!
John 9:30 The man responded to (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), saying, “This is an amazing thing, that you do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes!
John 9:31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) will, God listens to him.
John 9:34 They replied to (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), saying, “You were born completely in sin, and would you lecture us?” So they threw him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) out.
John 9:35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) out, and when he found him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
John 9:36 The man replied, saying, “And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him.” (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd)
John 9:37 Jesus said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “You have seen him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd); in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”
John 9:38 Then the man said, “I believe, Lord,” and he bowed in reverence before him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd).
John 9:40 Some of the Pharisees who were near him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) heard this, and said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Surely we are not blind too, are we?”
John 9:41 Jesus said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now you are saying, ‘We can see,’ so your guilt remains.
John 10:3 The watchman allows him to enter, and the sheep pay attention to his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) voice; he calls his own sheep by name and leads them (auta | αὐτά | acc pl neut3rd) out.
John 10:4 When he has brought out all his own, he walks on ahead of them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl neut3rd), and the sheep follow him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) because they know his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) voice.
John 10:5 They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd), because they do not know the voice of strangers.”
John 10:6 Jesus told them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) this figurative story, but they did not understand what he was saying to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd).
John 10:8 All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd).
John 10:11 “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) life for the sheep.

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