What does αὐτόματος (autómatos) mean in the Bible?
αὐτόματος (autómatos): Spontaneous action without external compulsion, whether human volition or natural process.
Greek · G844
αὐτόματος
By itself
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αὐτόματοςG844
Pronunciationautómatos
What does αὐτόματος (autómatos) mean in the Bible?
αὐτόματος (autómatos): Spontaneous action without external compulsion, whether human volition or natural process.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G844?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include All by itself (1), by itself (1).
Where does αὐτόματος (autómatos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 4:28. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders ItAll by itself1×Mark 4:28
by itself1×Acts 12:10
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMark 4:28
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Mark1Acts1
Source forms
αὐτομάτη2xautomatēMark 4:28, Acts 12:10
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular2xMark 4:28, Acts 12:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Spontaneous action without external compulsion, whether human volition or natural process.
Strong'sG844
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkMark 4:26–29Source Gloss
by itself
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Spontaneous action without external compulsion, whether human volition or natural process.
(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 * ;]
1of persons, acting of one's own will.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 4:28Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
αὐτομάτηautomath
of its own accord
Read verseActs 12:10Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
αὐτομάτηautomath
of its own accord
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternNominative (2)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · FeminineMark 4:28 · Acts 12:102×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
self-acting
Additional Occurrences
Mark 4:26–29αὐτομάτηautómatos
by itself, automatically
Word Origins
αὐτόματος is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Highlights divine sovereignty in growth.Mark 4:26–29