What does Autos mean?

Autos (αὐτός, Strong's G846) is a Greek word. Strong's defines it as the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound G1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons. The King James Bible translates it as her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which.

What is the Strong's number for Autos?

The Strong's number for Autos (αὐτός) is G846. It is a Greek word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

Bible word study

Autos (Strong’s G846): Meaning in the Bible

Autos (αὐτός) is the Greek word numbered G846 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound G1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons. In the King James Bible it is translated her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own.

αὐτός

autós · Greek

Strong’s G846 · ow-tos'

Original wordαὐτός
Transliterationautós
Pronunciationow-tos'
Strong’s numberG846
LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound G1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

Derivation. from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward);

How the King James Bible translates it

her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Autos in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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