αὐτός
autosPronounG0846
it/s/he
From: from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward);
Short Definition
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
Full Lexicon Entry
determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. 1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii); (1) self (ipse), expressing opposition, distinction, exclusion, etc., αὐ. ἐκχυθήσεται; αὐ. ἐγινώσκεν; αὐ.ὑμεῖς; καὶ αὐ. ἐγώ; αὐ. Ἰησοῦς; αὐ. καὶ οἱ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ; ὑμεῖς αὐ.; esp. (as freq in cl.) αὐ. ὁ, in late Gk., sometimes weakened, ἐν αὐτῇ ὥρᾳ, in that hour; (2) emphatic, he, she, it, pointing to some one as master, αὐ., καὶ αὐ. = οὗτος, ὁ *δε *(BL, §48, 1), 2. In oblique cases, for the simple pron. of 3rd of person(s), he, she, it, with ptcp. in genitive absol., (for irreg. constructions
V
Bl., §74, 5); pleonastically after the relative, in constr. ad sensum, without proper subject expressly indicated, genitive *αὐτοῦ *= ἐκείνου.
3.ὁ, ἡ, τὸ αὐ., the same
Grammar
Part of Speech Pronoun
Morphology G:P
DescriptionGreek Pronoun
Occurrences
3,811 timesAppears 3,811 times in the New Testament. Top books include:
Luke
712
Matthew
635
John
537
Acts
520
Mark
465
Key Passages
- 1 Corinthians 1:2
- Acts 7:38
- John 7:29
- Luke 9:14
- Mark 11:33
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