GreekG0844Adjective
αὐτόματος
automatos
“by itself”
2Occurrences
G0844Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
self-moved ("automatic"), i.e. spontaneous
from G846 (αὐτός) and the same as G3155 (μάτην);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.of persons, acting of one's own will.
2.Of inanimate things and natural agencies, of itself, of its own accord
LXX: (סָפִיחַ), *
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Adjective
Morphology Code
G:A
Full Description
Greek Adjective
Occurrences
αὐτόματος appears 2 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Acts
1
Mark
1
Key Passages
Acts 12:10BSB
They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
Mark 4:28BSB
All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.