αὐτόςautós
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
Greek (New Testament) · G846
Meanings
1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the article, see below, iii)
(1) self (ipse), expressing opposition, distinction, exclusion, etc., αὐ. ἐκχυθήσεται, Luke 5:37; αὐ. ἐγινώσκεν, John 2:25; αὐ. ὑμεῖς, John 3:28; καὶ αὐ. ἐγώ, Romans 15:14; αὐ. Ἰησοῦς, John 2:24; αὐ. καὶ οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ, Matthew 2:25; ὑμεῖς αὐ., Mark 6:31; especially (as freq in classical Greek) αὐ. ὁ, Matthew 3:4, Mark 6:17, John 16:27, 1 Thessalonians 3:11, and elsewhere; in late Gk., sometimes weakened, ἐν αὐτῇ τ. ὥρᾳ, in that hour, Luke 10:21
(2) emphatic, he, she, it, Matthew 1:21, Matthew 12:50, Luke 6:35, and elsewhere; pointing to some one as master (classical Greek), Matthew 8:24, Mark 4:38, and elsewhere; αὐ., καὶ αὐ. = οὗτος, ὁ δε (Bl., § 48, 1), Matthew 14:2, Mark 14:15, Mark 14:44, Luke 1:22, Luke 2:28, and elsewhere
2. In oblique cases (classical Greek), for the simple pron. of 3rd person, he, she, it, Matthew 7:9, Matthew 10:12, Matthew 26:44, and elsewhere; with participle in genitive absolutely, Matthew 9:18, Mark 13:1, and elsewhere (for irreg. constructions, V. Bl., § 74, 5); pleonastically after the relative, Mark 7:25, Revelation 3:8, Revelation 7:2, and elsewhere; in constr. ad sensum, without proper subject expressly indicated, Matthew 4:23, Acts 8:5, 2 Corinthians 2:13, and elsewhere; genitive αὐτοῦ = ἐκείνου, Romans 11:11, 1 Thessalonians 2:19, Titus 3:5, Hebrews 2:4.
3. ὁ, ἡ, τὸ αὐ., the same: Hebrews 1:12, Hebrews 13:8; τὸ αὐ., ποιεῖν, Matthew 5:46, Matthew 5:47, and elsewhere; φρονεῖν, Romans 12:16, Romans 15:5, Philippians 2:2, and elsewhere; τὰ αὐ., Acts 15:27, Romans 2:1, and elsewhere; κατὰ τὸ (τὰ) αὐ., Acts 14:1, Luke 6:23, and elsewhere; ἐπὶ τὸ αὐ., together, Matthew 22:34, Acts 1:15, and elsewhere; ἓν κ. τὸ αὐ., 1 Corinthians 11:5, 1 Corinthians 12:11; with dative (classical Greek), 1 Corinthians 11:5; with a noun, λόγος, Mk 14:39; μέτρος, Philippians 1:30; πνεῦμα, 1 Corinthians 12:4.
Same root
- ἀήρaḗr · G109by analogy, to blow); "air" (as naturally circumambient)
- ταὐτάtautá · G5024in the same way
- ὡσαύτωςhōsaútōs · G5615as thus, i.e. in the same way
- ἐπαυτοφώρῳepautophṓrōi · G1888in theft itself, i.e. (by analogy) in actual crime
- ἐμαυτοῦemautoû · G1683of myself so likewise the dative case , and accusative case
- αὐτάρκηςautárkēs · G842self-complacent, i.e. contented
- σεαυτοῦseautoû · G4572of (with, to) thyself
- αὐτόματοςautómatos · G844self-moved ("automatic"), i.e. spontaneous
Where it appears
Appears 5,533 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 1:2 Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.
- Matthew 1:11 Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin and his brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon).
- Matthew 1:18 This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Matthew 1:19 Joseph, to whom she was engaged, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly.
- Matthew 1:20 As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit.
- Matthew 1:21 And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
See every passage
- Matthew 614 verses
- Mark 444 verses
- Luke 692 verses
- John 517 verses
- Acts 498 verses
- Romans 113 verses
- 1 Corinthians 69 verses
- 2 Corinthians 51 verses
- Galatians 2 verses
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.