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New TestamentBiblical Languages
Evangelical
αὐτός (BSG)
Theologian
Bill Mounce
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0.32
Uploaded to YouTube
25 May 2020
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17 December 2025
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αὐτός means “he, she, it (they, them).”
“αὐτός will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire” (Matt 3:11).
Mounce's Expository Dictionary:
Pronoun: αὐτός (autos), GK 899 (S G846, G847, G848), 5,597x. αὐτός is generally used as the third person pronoun (“he, she, it”), but also as the identical (“same”) and intensive (e.g., Jesus “himself”) pronouns.
(The dictionary entry is abridged from “Mounce's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words” (https://billmounce.com/dictionary).