αὐτόν

auton

him

from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of ἀήρ through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative ἑαυτοῦ) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--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. Compare αὑτοῦ.

G846

John 6:71 · Word #11

Lexicon G846

Lemmaαὐτός
Transliterationautós
Strong'sG846
In-contexthim
Literalhim

Morphology PRO.P 3P ACC M SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech PRO.P — Personal Pronoun — Refers to persons
Person 3P — 3rd person — The one spoken about ("he/she/it/they")
Case ACC — Accusative — Direct object or extent
Gender M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine
Number SG — Singular — One

Lexical Info

Lemmaαὐτός
Strong'sG846

SIBI-P1 G846-10

of those same ones (masculine plural)

Rootαὐτός (autós)
Core Meaningsself, same, he/she/it, they, very one, own
Semantic Rangehe, she, it, they; self; same; very; own; possessive forms (his, her, their); emphatic identity; reflexive nuance in certain contexts
Conceptual SignificanceAs the common third-person pronoun in the Greek Scriptures, αὐτός links persons and groups across discourse, marking identity, possession, and emphasis. Its reflexive and emphatic force can underscore personal responsibility, covenant identity, or divine action involving specific people ("their God," "themselves").
Morphological NotesGr,RP,,,3GMP = Greek personal pronoun, 3rd person, genitive, masculine, plural. Functions as a possessive or partitive genitive ("of them," "their").
Rendering RationaleThe form αὐτῶν is genitive masculine plural of the third-person pronoun αὐτός. Rendering it as "of those same ones" preserves the genitive sense (possession/source: "of") and reflects the root idea of "self/the same," while indicating masculine plural reference.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root αὐτός (self, same, he/she/it, they, very one, own)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G846-01 auta those same things
G846-02 autais to those same (feminine ones)
G846-03 autas those same (feminine ones)

Word Usage (5581 occurrences of G846)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 1:2 αὐτοῦ autou his
Matthew 1:11 αὐτοῦ autou his
Matthew 1:18 αὐτοῦ autou his
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