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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: αὐτόματος

(Strong's #844 — Adjective — automatos — ow-tom'-at-os )

"of oneself" (Eng., "automatic," "automaton," etc.), is used in Mark 4:28; Acts 12:10 . See ACCORD , B, No. 2.

2: αὐτός

(Strong's #846 — pronoun — autos — ow-tos' )

"he," also means "self," in the reflexive pronouns "myself, thyself, himself," etc. (see, e.g., HE), expressing distinction, exclusion, etc.; it is usually emphatic in the nominative case, e.g., Luke 6:42; 11:4; John 18:28; Romans 8:16 , RV, "Himself."

Note: In John 16:27 , "the Father Himself (autos)," Field (Notes on the Translation of the NT) remarks that autos stands for automatos.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Self, Selves'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​s/self-selves.html. 1940.
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