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 24:22 But Felix, knowing more exactly the facts concerning the Way, put them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) off, saying, “When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case.”
Acts 24:23 Then he commanded the centurion to keep him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) in custody, but to let him have some freedom and not to prevent any of his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) friends from taking care of his (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) needs.
Acts 24:24 After some days Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish. He sent for Paul and heard him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) speak about faith in Christ Jesus.
Acts 24:25 And as he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) reasoned with him about righteousness and self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, “For the present go away, but when I find time I will send for you.”
Acts 24:26 At the same time he hoped that money would be given to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) by Paul. So he sent for him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) frequently and conversed with him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd).
Acts 25:2 So the chief priests and the Jewish leaders brought formal charges against Paul, begging him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd)
Acts 25:3 and asking him to do them a favor against Paul (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd); they urged Festus to transfer him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) to Jerusalem, for they were forming a plot to kill him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) along the way.
Acts 25:5 “So,” he said, “let your leaders go down there with me, and if there is in this man anything improper, let them bring charges against him.” (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd)
Acts 25:6 After he stayed among them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day he took his seat on the judge’s bench and ordered Paul to be brought.
Acts 25:7 When he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), bringing many and serious charges against him, which they were not able to prove.
Acts 25:11 If then I am a wrongdoer and have done anything worthy of death, I am not trying to escape death; but if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one has a right to turn me over to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd). I appeal to Caesar.”
Acts 25:15 When I came to Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a guilty verdict against him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd).
Acts 25:17 So when they (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) met here, I made no delay, but on the next day took my seat on the judge’s bench and ordered the man to be brought.
Acts 25:19 but had certain questions about their own religion to put to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul claimed to be alive.
Acts 25:21 But when Paul had appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of the emperor, I ordered him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) to be held until I could send him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) to Caesar.”
Acts 25:22 Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I too would like to hear the man myself.” (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) “Tomorrow,” said he, “you will hear him.” (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd)
Acts 25:24 And Festus said, “King Agrippa, and all men present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish people petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, crying out that he (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) ought not to live any longer.
Acts 25:25 But I found that he (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) had done nothing worthy of death; and since he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) himself appealed to the emperor, I decided to send him.
Acts 25:26 But I do not have anything definite about him to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that, when the examination has been conducted, I may have something to write.
Acts 25:27 For it seems unreasonable to me, in sending a prisoner, not to report the charges against him.” (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd)
Acts 26:10 And I did so in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up in prison many of the saints, after receiving authority from the chief priests, and when they (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) were put to death I cast my vote against them.
Acts 26:11 And I punished them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme; and since I was so vehemently angry at them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), I pursued them even to foreign cities.
Acts 26:18 to open their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) eyes, that they turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
Acts 26:24 As Paul (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) was saying these things in his defense, Festus said in a loud voice, “You are out of your mind, Paul! Much learning is driving you insane!”
Acts 26:26 For the king knows about these matters, and to him I am speaking boldly, for I am persuaded that none of these things has escaped his (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) notice, for this was not done in a corner.
Acts 26:30 Then the king stood up, and the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd);
Acts 27:6 There the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing for Italy and put us on board it (auto | αὐτό | acc sg neut3rd).
Acts 27:8 Sailing past it (autēn | αὐτήν | acc sg fem3rd) with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near to which was the city Lasea.
Acts 27:10 saying, “Gentlemen, I perceive that the voyage that is about to take place will involve injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”
Acts 27:14 But soon a violent wind, called the northeaster, rushed down from Crete (autēs | αὐτῆς | gen sg fem3rd).
Acts 27:21 Since they had long been without food, Paul stood up in their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) midst and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice and not set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss.
Acts 27:27 And when it was the fourteenth night, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) were nearing land.
Acts 27:32 Then the soldiers cut the ropes from the dinghy and let it (autēn | αὐτήν | acc sg fem3rd) drift away.
Acts 27:36 So everyone was encouraged and they themselves (autoi | αὐτοί | nom pl masc) took food.
Acts 27:43 But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, prevented them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) from carrying out their plan; and he ordered those who could swim to throw themselves overboard first and make for the land,
Acts 28:3 When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out from the heat and fastened onto his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) hand.
Acts 28:4 When the native people saw the creature hanging from his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) hand, they said to each other, “Certainly this man is a murderer, and though he has escaped from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live.”
Acts 28:6 They were expecting that he (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) was going to swell up or suddenly fall down dead; but when they (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) waited a long time and saw no misfortune happen to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), they changed their minds and said that he (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) was a god.
Acts 28:8 It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with bouts of fever and with dysentery. Paul visited him, and when he had prayed, he laid his hands on him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) and healed him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd).
Acts 28:14 where we found brethren, and were invited to stay with them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) seven days. And so we went toward Rome.
Acts 28:16 And when we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with a soldier guarding him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd).
Acts 28:17 And it happened that after three days Paul (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) called together the leaders of the Jews. And when they (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) gathered, he said to them: (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) “My brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
Acts 28:21 And they said to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), “We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or spoken any bad about you.
Acts 28:23 When they had arranged a day to meet with him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), many came to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) at his lodging, and he expounded to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) about Jesus both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning till evening.
Acts 28:27 for the heart of this people has become dull, and they hear with difficultly with their ears, and their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I should heal them.’ (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd)
Acts 28:28 So let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; even they (autoi | αὐτοί | nom pl masc) will listen.”
Acts 28:30 Paul lived there two whole years in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd),
Romans 1:2 which he promised beforehand through his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) prophets in the holy scriptures,
Romans 1:3 the gospel concerning his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh,
Romans 1:5 Through him we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the nations on behalf of his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) name,

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