Strong G844αὐτόματος
by itself
- Transliteration
- automatos
- Pronunciation
- ow-tom'-at-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
αὐτόματος -ον, and -η, -ον
(etym. doubtful; see Boisacq, Prellwitz, see word), [in LXX, Lev.25:5, 11, 4Ki.19:29 (סָפִיחַ), Jos.6:5, Job.24:24, Wis.17:6 *;]
1. of persons, acting of one's own will.
2. Of inanimate things and natural agencies, of itself, of its own accord: γῆ Mrk.4:28 (MM, see word); πύλη, Act.12:10.†
(AS)
(etym. doubtful; see Boisacq, Prellwitz, see word), [in LXX, Lev.25:5, 11, 4Ki.19:29 (סָפִיחַ), Jos.6:5, Job.24:24, Wis.17:6 *;]
1. of persons, acting of one's own will.
2. Of inanimate things and natural agencies, of itself, of its own accord: γῆ Mrk.4:28 (MM, see word); πύλη, Act.12:10.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G844 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- accord1
- herself1
First verses
- Mark 4:28For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
- Acts 12:10When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
αὐτό-μᾰτος, η, ον,
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] and Attic dialect; ος, ον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 103, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 762a9, {5-6th c.BC}: Philetaerus Comicus 1 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “EP” 19 in “Hermes” 53.65)].
1 of persons, acting of one's own will, of oneself, αὐ. δέ οἱ ἦλθε[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.408; αὐ. φοιτῶσι Νοῦσοι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 103; αὐ. ἥκω 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1190, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.91, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.25, etc.)]
2 of inanimate things, self-acting, spontaneous, of the gates of Olympus, αὐτόμαται δὲ πύλαι μύκον οὐρανοῦ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.749)]; of the tripods of Hephaistos, which ran of themselves, ὄφρα οἱ αὐτόματοι.. δυσαίατ᾽ ἀγῶνα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (18.376, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 188; ὅπλα.. αὐ. φανῆναι ἔξω προκείμενα τοῦ νηοῦ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.37; τὰ αὐ.)]marionettes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 734b10, 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Aut.” p)] assim: generally, spontaneous, βίος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 271e; ἔπαινος 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 64.)]
3 of natural agencies, ὁ ποταμὸς αὐ. ἐπελθών of itself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.14)]; of plants, growing of themselves, αὐ. ἐκ τῆς γῆς γίνεται[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.100; αὐ. φύεσθαι [prev. author] 2.94, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 171.11; κύτισος αὐ. ἔρχεται 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 98.8: _metaphorically_, αὐτόματα πάντ᾽ ἀγαθὰ.. ποριζεται 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 976, compare 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 160)]; of philosophers, αὐ. ἀναφύονται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 180c.)]
4 of events, happening of themselves, without external agency, αὐ. δεσμὰ διελύθη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 447)]; αὐ. θάνατος natural death, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.205; κόποι αὐ.)]not to be accounted for externally, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.5; ἀπό τινος αἰτίας αὐτομάτης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 265c)]; without visible cause, accidental, opposed to ἀπὸ πείρης, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.9.γ.)]
II αὐτόματον, τό, accident, τὸ αὐ. αἰτιᾶσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.25; σε ταὐ. ἀποσέσωκε 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 568; διὰ τὸ αὐ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 195b33; τὸ αὐ. ἀγαπῶντες [prev. author] “Ath.” 8.5)]; τῷ αὐ., opposed to τέχνῃ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1070a7: most frequently in the form ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτομάτου or ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου, ἀποθανέειν ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.66, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.77, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 38c, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1452a5, +others, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 31; ἐκ τοῦ αὐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.13)]; τὸ Αὐ. personified, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Ath.Mitt.” 35.458 (Pergam.); ταὐτόματόν ἐστιν ὡς ἔοικέ που θεός 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 291.)]
III adverb -τως, ={ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου}, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.180, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 43, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 640a27, +others, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.27)]; of itself, κοχλίας αὐ. βαδίζων[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.13.11:)] —also αὐτοματεί or -τί (which see).
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] and Attic dialect; ος, ον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 103, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 762a9, {5-6th c.BC}: Philetaerus Comicus 1 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “EP” 19 in “Hermes” 53.65)].
1 of persons, acting of one's own will, of oneself, αὐ. δέ οἱ ἦλθε[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.408; αὐ. φοιτῶσι Νοῦσοι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 103; αὐ. ἥκω 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1190, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.91, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.25, etc.)]
2 of inanimate things, self-acting, spontaneous, of the gates of Olympus, αὐτόμαται δὲ πύλαι μύκον οὐρανοῦ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.749)]; of the tripods of Hephaistos, which ran of themselves, ὄφρα οἱ αὐτόματοι.. δυσαίατ᾽ ἀγῶνα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (18.376, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 188; ὅπλα.. αὐ. φανῆναι ἔξω προκείμενα τοῦ νηοῦ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.37; τὰ αὐ.)]marionettes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 734b10, 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Aut.” p)] assim: generally, spontaneous, βίος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 271e; ἔπαινος 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 64.)]
3 of natural agencies, ὁ ποταμὸς αὐ. ἐπελθών of itself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.14)]; of plants, growing of themselves, αὐ. ἐκ τῆς γῆς γίνεται[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.100; αὐ. φύεσθαι [prev. author] 2.94, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 171.11; κύτισος αὐ. ἔρχεται 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 98.8: _metaphorically_, αὐτόματα πάντ᾽ ἀγαθὰ.. ποριζεται 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 976, compare 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 160)]; of philosophers, αὐ. ἀναφύονται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 180c.)]
4 of events, happening of themselves, without external agency, αὐ. δεσμὰ διελύθη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 447)]; αὐ. θάνατος natural death, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.205; κόποι αὐ.)]not to be accounted for externally, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.5; ἀπό τινος αἰτίας αὐτομάτης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 265c)]; without visible cause, accidental, opposed to ἀπὸ πείρης, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.9.γ.)]
II αὐτόματον, τό, accident, τὸ αὐ. αἰτιᾶσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.25; σε ταὐ. ἀποσέσωκε 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 568; διὰ τὸ αὐ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 195b33; τὸ αὐ. ἀγαπῶντες [prev. author] “Ath.” 8.5)]; τῷ αὐ., opposed to τέχνῃ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1070a7: most frequently in the form ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτομάτου or ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου, ἀποθανέειν ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.66, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.77, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 38c, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1452a5, +others, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 31; ἐκ τοῦ αὐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.13)]; τὸ Αὐ. personified, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Ath.Mitt.” 35.458 (Pergam.); ταὐτόματόν ἐστιν ὡς ἔοικέ που θεός 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 291.)]
III adverb -τως, ={ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου}, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.180, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 43, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 640a27, +others, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.27)]; of itself, κοχλίας αὐ. βαδίζων[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.13.11:)] —also αὐτοματεί or -τί (which see).