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

Acts 7:4 Then he went out from the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. And after his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) father died, God had him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) move to this land in which you are now living.
Acts 7:5 Yet he gave him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) no inheritance in it (autē | αὐτῇ | dat sg fem3rd), not even a foot of ground, but promised to give it (autēn | αὐτήν | acc sg fem3rd) to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) as a possession and to his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) descendants after him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), though as yet Abraham (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) had no child.
Acts 7:6 And God spoke thus, that Abraham’s (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) descendants would be sojourners in a foreign land, and that the people would enslave and mistreat them four hundred years.
Acts 7:8 And he gave him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) a covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) on the eighth day; and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
Acts 7:9 “And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd),
Acts 7:10 and rescued him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) out of all his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) afflictions and gave him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) ruler over Egypt and over all his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) royal household.
Acts 7:13 On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) brothers, and the lineage of Joseph became clear to Pharaoh.
Acts 7:14 Then Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) father and all his relatives, seventy-five persons.
Acts 7:15 And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he himself (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) died there, along with our fathers,
Acts 7:19 He took advantage of our nation and mistreated our fathers, making them expose their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) infants, so that they would not be kept alive.
Acts 7:21 and when he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) was abandoned, the daughter of Pharaoh rescued him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) and brought him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) up for herself as a son.
Acts 7:22 So Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) words and deeds.
Acts 7:23 “When he (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) was about forty years old, it entered his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) mind to visit his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) brothers, the sons of Israel.
Acts 7:25 He thought that his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) brothers would understand that God, by his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) hand, was granting them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) deliverance; but they did not understand.
Acts 7:26 On the following day he appeared to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) to be at peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you hurting one another?’
Acts 7:27 But the one who was trying to injure his neighbor pushed Moses (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) aside, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
Acts 7:30 “Now when forty years had passed, there appeared to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) in the desert near Mount Sinai an angel in the flame of a burning bush.
Acts 7:31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight; and as he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) came closer to look at it, there came the voice of the Lord:
Acts 7:33 And the Lord said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), ‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground.
Acts 7:34 Surely I have seen the oppression of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) groaning, and I have come down to deliver them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd). Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’
Acts 7:35 This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ — this man God sent both as ruler and redeemer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) in the bush.
Acts 7:36 He led them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) out, performing wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.
Acts 7:38 He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, and he received living oracles to give to us.
Acts 7:39 To him our fathers were not willing to be obedient, but thrust him aside, and turned in their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) hearts to Egypt,
Acts 7:40 saying to Aaron, ‘Make for us gods who will go before us, for this Moses who brought us from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’ (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd)
Acts 7:41 And they made a calf in those days and offered a sacrifice to the idol and began rejoicing in the works of their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) hands.
Acts 7:42 But God turned away and gave them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Acts 7:43 You took along the shrine of Moloch and the star of your god Rephan, the images that you made, to worship them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), so I will make you move beyond Babylon.’
Acts 7:44 “The tabernacle of witness was with our fathers in the wilderness just as the one who spoke to Moses ordered him to make it (autēn | αὐτήν | acc sg fem3rd) according to the pattern he had seen.
Acts 7:47 But it was Solomon who built a house for him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd).
Acts 7:54 Now when they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd).
Acts 7:57 But they cried out with a loud voice and covered their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) ears and rushed together at him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd).
Acts 7:58 When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him; and the witnesses laid their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Acts 7:60 And falling to his knees he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Acts 8:1 Now Saul was in agreement with his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) execution. There arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Acts 8:2 Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd).
Acts 8:5 Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) the Christ.
Acts 8:6 And with one accord the crowds paid attention to what was being said by Philip as they (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) heard him and saw the signs that he was performing.
Acts 8:11 And they paid attention to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) because for a long time he had amazed them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) by his magic.
Acts 8:13 Even Simon himself (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) believed, and after being baptized he stayed constantly with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles happening, he was amazed.
Acts 8:14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) Peter and John,
Acts 8:15 who went down and prayed for them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) that they might receive the Holy Spirit,
Acts 8:16 for he had not yet fallen on any one of them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd), but they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 8:17 Then Peter and John laid hands on them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) and they received the Holy Spirit.
Acts 8:18 But when Simon saw that it was through the laying on of the hands of the apostles that the Spirit was given, he offered them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) money,
Acts 8:20 But Peter said to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), “May your silver go with you to destruction, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
Acts 8:27 And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her (autēs | αὐτῆς | gen sg fem3rd) treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship
Acts 8:28 and was returning, seated in his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) carriage, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
Acts 8:30 So Philip ran to him and heard him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) reading Isaiah the prophet and he said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
Acts 8:31 And he said, “How could I unless someone guide me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd).

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