adjective

automatas

Greekαὐτόματος (automatos)

Strong’sG844

of its own accord

stem automat-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

by itself2×

What it means

αὐτόματος, -ον, and -η, -ον

(etym. doubtful; v. Boisacq, Prellwitz, s.v.), [in LXX, Le 25:5, 11, IV Ki 19:29 (סָפִיחַ), Jos 6:5, Jb 24:24, Wi 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, Mk 4:28 (MM, s.v.); πύλη, Ac 12:10.†

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

Strong’s G844 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidow-tom'-at-os

self-moved ("automatic"), i.e. spontaneous

Fromfrom G846 and the same as G3155;

King Jamesof own accord, of self.

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	automatos	automatas2×αὐτομάτη	automatem	automatois	automatais	automateim
object accusative	automaton	automatan		automatoin	automatain
direct address vocative	automator	automatar		automatoir	automatair
of, belonging to genitive	automatou	automatau	automateu	automatoiu	automataiu	automateiu
to, for dative	automato	automata	automate	automatoi	automatai	automatei

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

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

automat 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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

automatas“by itself”subjectnominative singular2×

Mark 4:28“by itself”automatas tas gēas karpoforatō, prōtem chorton, eita stachuon, eita plēron siton en to stachuo.All by itself the earth produces a crop— first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.

Acts 12:10“by itself”diercharatois de prōtan fulakan kai deuteran erchala epi tan pulan tan sidērouan tan ferarōtan eis tan politan, hotinas automatas anoigita autoi, kai exercharatois proerchala ruman henan, kai eutheōs afistanata tos angelos apo autou.They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.