Strong's Lexicon

G844

G844 — αὐτόματος

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekautomatosadjectiveOccurrences: 2

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G844
Word:αὐτόματος
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from G846 and the same as G3155
Language:Greek
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:automatos
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:au-tom'-at-os
Meaning:1. self-moved ("automatic"), i.e. spontaneous
KJV Renderings:of own accord, of self

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

αὐτόματος, ἀυτοματον, and αὐτομάτη, ἀυτοματον (from αὐτός and μέμαα to desire eagerly, from the obsolete theme μάω), moved by one’s own impulse, or acting without the instigation or intervention of another (from Homer down); often of the earth producing plants of itself, and of the plants themselves and fruits growing without culture; (on its adverbial use cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 54, 2): Mar 4:28; (Herodotus 2, 94; 8, 138; Plato, polit., p. 272 a.; (Theophrastus, h., p. 2, 1); Diodorus 1, 8, etc. Lev 25:5; Lev 25:11). of gates opening of their own accord: Act 12:10 (so in Homer, Iliad 5, 749; Xenophon, Hell. 6, 4, 7; Apoll. Rh. 4, 41; Plutarch, Timol. 12; Nonnus, Dionysius 44, 21; (Dio Cassio, 44, 17)).

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

αὐτόματος (of own accord)

Mark 4:28

KJV: For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself first the blade then the ear after that the full corn in the ear
GK: αυτομάτη γαρ η γη καρποφορεί πρώτον χόρτον είτα στάχυν είτα πλήρη σίτον εν τω στάχυϊ

Acts 12:10

KJV: When 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
GK: διελθόντες δε πρώτην φυλακήν και δευτέραν ήλθον επί την πύλην την σιδηράν την φέρουσαν εις την πόλιν ήτις αυτομάτη ηνοίχθη αυτοίς και εξελθόντες προήλθον ρύμην μιαν και ευθέως απέστη ο άγγελος απ΄ αυτού
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