There
αὐτοῦStrong’s G0847autou
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Autou is the Greek word usually translated “there” and “here”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.”
Meaning
Usually translated “there” and “here”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- there 3
- here 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 9:27But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
- Acts 15:34Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.
- Acts 18:19And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
- Acts 21:4And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
Greek dictionary
αὐτοῦ autou · there
αὐτοῦ adv., prop. neut. genitive of αὐτός, [in LXX for פֹּה, בָּזֶה ;] there: Mat.26:36, Mrk.6:33, WH, mg., Luk.9:27, Act.15:34, WH, mg., R, mg., Act.18:19 21:4 .† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “there” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
THERE, adverb
- In that place.“The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed” Genesis 2:8
- It is sometimes opposed to here; there denoting the place most distant.
- Here and there in one place and another; as here a little and there a little.
- It is sometimes used by way of exclamation; calling the attention to something distant; as there there; see there; look there
All definitions
- there is used to begin sentences or before a verb; sometimes pertinently, and sometimes without signification; but its use is to firmly established that it cannot be dispensed with.“And there came a voice from heaven, saying, thou art my beloved Son” Mark 1:11
- In composition, there has the sense of a pronoun, as in Saxon; as thereby, which signifies by that.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.