For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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αὐτός
Vocabulary form:
aujtovV, -hv, -ov
Definition:
he, she, it; him/her/itself; same
Erasmian:
Modern:
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.
Biblical Concordance
| Matthew 16:6 | Jesus said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Watch out, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” |
| Matthew 16:13 | Now when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” |
| Matthew 16:15 | He said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “But you, who do you say that I am?” |
| Matthew 16:17 | And Jesus responded, saying to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven. |
| Matthew 16:18 | And I say to you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it (autēs | αὐτῆς | gen sg fem3rd). |
| Matthew 16:20 | Then he ordered his disciples to tell no one that he (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) was the Messiah |
| Matthew 16:21 | From that time Jesus began to explain to his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples that he (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and ruling priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. |
| Matthew 16:22 | And Peter took him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) aside and began to rebuke him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This must never happen to you.” |
| Matthew 16:24 | Then Jesus told his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples, “If anyone resolves to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) cross and follow me. |
| Matthew 16:25 | For whoever resolves to save his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) life will lose it (autēn | αὐτήν | acc sg fem3rd); but whoever loses his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) life for my sake will find it (autēn | αὐτήν | acc sg fem3rd). |
| Matthew 16:26 | For what advantage will there be for a person if he gains the whole world yet forfeits his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) life? |
| Matthew 16:27 | For the Son of Man is to come in the glory of his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) Father with his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) angels, and then he will repay each person according to his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) conduct. |
| Matthew 16:28 | I tell you the truth, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) kingdom. |
| Matthew 17:1 | Six days later Jesus took Peter and James and John his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) brother, and led them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) up a very high mountain by themselves. |
| Matthew 17:2 | And he was transfigured before them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd), and his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) face shone like the sun, and his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) clothes became white as light. |
| Matthew 17:3 | Suddenly there appeared to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) Moses and Elijah, talking with him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd). |
| Matthew 17:5 | While he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I am well pleased; listen to him!” (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) |
| Matthew 17:6 | And when the disciples heard this, they were overcome with fear and fell face down (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) on the ground. |
| Matthew 17:7 | But Jesus came over and touched them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd), saying, “Rise, and do not be afraid.” |
| Matthew 17:8 | And when they raised their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) eyes, they saw no one except Jesus himself (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc) alone. |
| Matthew 17:9 | And as they (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), saying, “Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.” |
| Matthew 17:10 | And the disciples asked him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), saying, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” |
| Matthew 17:12 | And I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they did not recognize him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), but did to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) whatever they wished. So also the Son of Man will suffer at their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) hands.” |
| Matthew 17:13 | Then the disciples understood that he had spoken to (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) about John the Baptist. |
| Matthew 17:14 | When they returned to the crowd, a man approached Jesus (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), knelt before him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), |
| Matthew 17:16 | And I brought him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) to your disciples but they could not heal him.” (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) |
| Matthew 17:17 | Jesus answered, saying, unbelieving and perverse generation, how long am I to be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) here to me.” |
| Matthew 17:18 | Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd); and the boy was healed at once. |
| Matthew 17:19 | Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it (auto | αὐτό | acc sg neut3rd) out?” |
| Matthew 17:20 | He said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Because of the poverty of your faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.” |
| Matthew 17:22 | While they (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) were still together in Galilee, Jesus said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men, |
| Matthew 17:23 | and they will kill him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), and on the third day he will be raised.” And they were greatly distressed. |
| Matthew 17:24 | And when they (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) arrived at Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma tax?” |
| Matthew 17:25 | “Yes,” he answered. And when he went into the house, Jesus spoke to Peter (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes — from their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) sons or from outsiders?” |
| Matthew 17:26 | And when he answered, “From outsiders,” Jesus said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Then the sons are exempt. |
| Matthew 17:27 | But lest we offend them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd), go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) mouth, you will find a four drachma coin; take it and give it to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) for the two of us.” |
| Matthew 18:2 | Jesus invited a child to come to him, and placing him (auto | αὐτό | acc sg neut3rd) in their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) midst, |
| Matthew 18:6 | But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) to have a large millstone hung around his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) neck and be drowned far out at sea. |
| Matthew 18:8 | “If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) off and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into eternal fire. |
| Matthew 18:9 | And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) out and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire. |
| Matthew 18:10 | “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. |
| Matthew 18:12 | What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl neut3rd) goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the slopes and go in search of the one that has wandered off? |
| Matthew 18:13 | And if he finds it (auto | αὐτό | acc sg neut3rd), I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg neut3rd) more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. |
| Matthew 18:15 | “If your brother sins, go and point out his (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother. |
| Matthew 18:17 | If he refuses to listen to them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd), tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, you are to treat him as a pagan and a tax collector. |
| Matthew 18:19 | “Again, I tell you the truth, if two of you on earth are in agreement about anything whatever you may ask, it will be done for you (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) by my Father who is in heaven. |
| Matthew 18:20 | For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there in their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) midst.” |
| Matthew 18:21 | Then Peter came to Jesus (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) and said, “Lord, how often must I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?” |
| Matthew 18:22 | Jesus said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. |
| Matthew 18:23 | Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a king who decided to settle accounts with his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) servants. |
Mnemonics
autos mnemonic
|Ow, Taws!| Mom, |he| hit |himself| with the |same| brick again!