adjective

autofōros

Greekαὐτόφωρος (autofōros)

Strong’sG1888

in the very act

stem autofōr-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

What it means

** αὐτόφωρος, -ον

(< αὐτός, φώρ, a thief), [in Sm.: Jb 34:11*;]

prop. with ref. to theft, then generally, in the very act: as freq., neut. dat. after ἐπί, Jo 8:4 (Rec., ἐπαυτοφώρῳ).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1888 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ow-tof-o'-ro

in theft itself, i.e. (by analogy) in actual crime

Fromfrom G1909 and G846 and (the dative case singular of) a derivative of φώρ (a thief);

King Jamesin the very act.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	autofōros	autofōras	autofōrem	autofōrois	autofōrais	autofōreim
object accusative	autofōron	autofōran		autofōroin	autofōrain
direct address vocative	autofōror	autofōrar		autofōroir	autofōrair
of, belonging to genitive	autofōrou	autofōrau	autofōreu	autofōroiu	autofōraiu	autofōreiu
to, for dative	autofōro1×αὐτοφόρῳ	autofōra	autofōre	autofōroi	autofōrai	autofōrei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

autofōrstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

autofōr is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

autofōroto, fordative singular1×

John 8:4legalō auto, peirazarōtois Didaskalor, houtas tas gunaikas katalambita epi autofōro moicheuirōtasand said, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.