Dictionary entry

αὐτόφωρος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** 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).†