αὐτοῦ
autoû
G847 adverb
SILEX Entry
Definition
Genitive singular form of the personal/identical pronoun αὐτός; fundamentally indicating possession or association ('of him/her/it', 'his/her/its', 'one's own'). Contextually, especially when paired with local adverbs or prepositions, it can function adverbially to mean 'in this place', 'here', or 'there', referring to presence in a specific location.
Semantic Range
of him, of her, of it, his, her, its, one's own, (adverbially) here, there, in this place, in that place
Root / Etymology
From the root αὐτ- (meaning 'self, same, he/she/it'); αὐτοῦ is the genitive singular masculine or neuter form of the pronoun αὐτός.
Historical & Contextual Notes
In classical and Hellenistic Greek, αὐτοῦ regularly serves as the genitive form for 'his', 'of him', 'its', etc., covering possession and association for masculine and neuter referents. By extension, it sometimes operates adverbially (especially in Koine Greek and in the Septuagint) to localize action or presence ('here', 'there', 'in that place'). This adverbial usage is somewhat idiomatic and is generally determined by sentence structure or the presence of prepositions (e.g., ἐν αὐτοῦ, 'in this place'). Traditional English translations often render the adverbial sense as 'here' or 'there', but the underlying Greek expresses both location and possession in such cases. The pronominal sense always functioned independently of direct reference to Judean, Israelite, or religious identity; rather, αὐτοῦ marks generic third-person possession regardless of person or status.
Original Strong's Gloss (1890)
genitive (i.e. possessive) of αὐτός, used as an adverb of location; properly, belonging to the same spot, i.e. in this (or that) place:--(t-)here.
Root Family
αὐτός (autos) — self, same, he/she/it
| Strong's | Lemma | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
| G846 | αὐτός | them |
Word Forms
1 distinct form
| SIDANCE | Surface | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 | SIBI-P2 | Occurrences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G847-01 |
αὐτοῦ | autou | ADV |
here | of him | there | 4 |
Occurrences in Scripture
4 occurrences
| SIDANCE | Reference | Word | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 | SIBI-P2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G847-01 |
Matthew 26:36 | αὐτοῦ | autou | ADV |
here | of him | here |
G847-01 |
Luke 9:27 | αὐτοῦ | autou | ADV |
here | of him | of him |
G847-01 |
Acts 18:19 | αὐτοῦ | autou | ADV |
there | of him | there |
G847-01 |
Acts 21:4 | αὐτοῦ | autou | ADV |
there | of him | there |