Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

αὐτός

Vocabulary form: 
aujtovV, -hv, -ov
Definition: 

he, she, it; him/her/itself; same

Frequency: 
5,597
GK: 
899
Root: 
aujto
Cognates: 

An autocrat (aujtokrathvV) is a ruling by oneself.

Mnemonic Singing: 

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

Verse: 

“αὐτός will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” (Matt 3:11)

Notes: 

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

Mnemonics

|Ow, Taws!| Mom, |he| hit |himself| with the |same| brick again!

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 7:23 And then will I declare to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), ‘I never knew you; go away from me, you who practice lawlessness.’
Matthew 7:24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine, and does them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd), is like the wise man, who built his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) house upon rock.
Matthew 7:26 But everyone who hears these words of mine, and does not do them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd), will be like the foolish man who built his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) house on sand.
Matthew 7:27 When the rain came down, and the waters rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it collapsed — and great was its (autēs | αὐτῆς | gen sg fem3rd) fall!”
Matthew 7:28 Now when Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) teaching,
Matthew 7:29 for he was teaching them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) as one who had authority, and not as their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) scribes.
Matthew 8:1 When he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) came down from the mountain, large crowds were following him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd).
Matthew 8:2 A leper came up to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), knelt down, and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
Matthew 8:3 Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd), saying, “I am willing; be made clean.” And immediately his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) leprosy was cleansed.
Matthew 8:4 Then Jesus said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd)
Matthew 8:5 When Jesus (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) and pleaded with him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd),
Matthew 8:7 And Jesus said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “I will come and heal him.” (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd)
Matthew 8:13 And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; it will be done for you just as you believed.” And his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) servant was healed at that very hour.
Matthew 8:14 And when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.
Matthew 8:15 He touched her (autēs | αὐτῆς | gen sg fem3rd) hand, and her fever left her (autēn | αὐτήν | acc sg fem3rd). Then she got up and began to serve him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd).
Matthew 8:16 Now when evening came, they brought to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) many who were possessed by demons, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all who were ill.
Matthew 8:17 In this way what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet was fulfilled: “He (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) took our illnesses and carried our diseases.”
Matthew 8:18 Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake.
Matthew 8:19 A scribe came to (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
Matthew 8:20 And Jesus said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Foxes have lairs and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
Matthew 8:21 Another of his disciples said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.”
Matthew 8:22 And Jesus said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Matthew 8:23 Then he (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) got into the boat and his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples followed him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd).
Matthew 8:24 Suddenly a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) was asleep.
Matthew 8:25 The disciples went to him and woke him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), crying out, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
Matthew 8:26 And he said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Why are you so afraid, you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
Matthew 8:27 And the men were amazed and said, “What sort of man is this that even the winds and the sea obey him?” (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd)
Matthew 8:28 And when he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, there met him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) two demoniacs coming out from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass by that way.
Matthew 8:30 Some distance from them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) there was a large herd of pigs feeding.
Matthew 8:31 And the demons begged him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), saying, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
Matthew 8:32 And he said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Be gone.” So they came out and went into the pigs. Then the entire herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters.
Matthew 8:34 Then the entire town went out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), they begged him to leave their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) region.
Matthew 9:2 And some people brought to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) a paralyzed man lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take courage, my son; your sins are forgiven.”
Matthew 9:4 And Jesus, knowing their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) thoughts, said, “Why are you harboring evil thoughts in your hearts?
Matthew 9:7 So he got up and went to his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) home.
Matthew 9:9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Follow me.” So Matthew got up and followed him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd).
Matthew 9:10 And as Jesus (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) sat at table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were eating with Jesus and his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples.
Matthew 9:11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Matthew 9:14 Then the disciples of John came to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) and asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast regularly, but your disciples do not fast?”
Matthew 9:15 And Jesus said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Certainly the wedding guests can’t mourn as long as the bridegroom is still with them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd)? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away and then they will fast!
Matthew 9:16 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment, and the tear will be worse.
Matthew 9:18 As he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) was saying these things a ruler came and bowed down before him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), saying, “My daughter has just died; but come, lay your hand on her (autēn | αὐτήν | acc sg fem3rd) and she will live again.”
Matthew 9:19 So Jesus got up and followed him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), and so did his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples.
Matthew 9:20 Just then a woman who had suffered from severe bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) cloak,
Matthew 9:21 for she was saying to herself, “If I can only touch his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) garment, I will be healed.”
Matthew 9:22 And when Jesus turned and saw her (autēn | αὐτήν | acc sg fem3rd), he said, “Take courage, my daughter; your faith has made you well.” And the woman was healed at once.
Matthew 9:24 he said, “Leave now, for the girl is not dead but only sleeping.” And they began to ridicule him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd).
Matthew 9:25 But when the crowd had been removed, Jesus went in and took her (autēs | αὐτῆς | gen sg fem3rd) by the hand, and the girl arose.
Matthew 9:27 And as Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
Matthew 9:28 When he had gone into the house, the blind men came to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd); and Jesus said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Yes, Lord.”

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