Strong G848αὑτοῦ

/him/herself

Transliteration
hautou
Pronunciation
how-too'
Morphology
Greek Reflexive Pronoun (3rd person)

Definition

Contraction for G1438; self (in some oblique case or reflexive relation): - her (own) (of) him (-self) his (own) of it thee their (own) them (-selves) they.

Detailed definition

αὑτοῦ, -ῆς, -οῦ
= ἑαυτοῦ (which see), Mat.6:34, Luk.12:17, al. (MM, see word)
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G848 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • himself1

First verses

  1. John 9:21
    But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἑαυτοῦ, ῆς, οῦ, ἑαυτῷ, ῇ, ῷ, ἑαυτόν, ήν, ό,
plural ἑαυτῶν, ἑαυτοῖς, ἑαυτούς άς, ά: Ionic dialect ἑωυτοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 57.44 (Milet., 5th c.BC), etc.)]; also ωὑτῆς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.84, ωὑτέου 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.7 (_Ionic dialect_ ἑωυ- by contraction of ἕο αὐ-, from which also _Attic dialect_ ἑᾱυ-, frequently written ἑατοῦ)] in Papyrus and Inscrr., as [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“SIG” 774.2 (Delph., 1st c.BC))]: Attic dialect contraction αὑτοῦ, etc., which is the usual form in Trag., though ἑαυτοῦ, etc., are used (though rarely) when the metre requires, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 188 (_anapaest meter_), +others; in _Attic dialect_ Inscrr. αὑτοῦ prevails after BC 300 4th c.BC)]; Cretan dialect ϝιαυτοῦ Kohler-Ziebarth Stadtrecht von Gortyn [Refs (p.34)]; Doric dialect αὐταυτοῦ, αὐσαυτοῦ (which see); Thess. εὑτοῦ (dative), [Refs (“IG” 9(2).517.16)]: genitive plural ηὑτῶν [Refs (“Schwyzer” 251 A 44 (from Cos))]:—reflexive pronoun of 3rd pers., of himself, herself, itself, etc.; first in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 78, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)], and Attic dialect [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has ἕο αὐτοῦ, οἷ αὐτῷ, ἑ αὐτόν): αὐτὸ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτό (variant -τοῦ))] itself by itself, absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 152b)]; αὐτὸ ἐφ᾽ αὑτοῦ[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 160b; ὅταν τὸ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτὸν ἕκαστος σπεύδῃ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.141; αὐτὸ καθ᾽ αὑτό 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 157a; αὐτὰ πρὸς αὑτά [prev. work] 154e)]; ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτῶν, ἑαυτοῦ, of themselves, himself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.60, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.10.3)]; ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ, see at {ἐπ; ἐν ἑαυτῷ γίγνεσθαι}, ἐντὸς ἑαυτοῦ γ., see at {ἐν}, ἐντό; παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ at his own house, [Refs ([prev. work] 3.13.3, etc.: especially with _comparative_ and _superlative_, ἐγένοντο ἀμείνονες αὐτοὶ ἑωυτῶν they surpassed)]themselves, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.86)]; πλουσιώτεροι ἑαυτῶν continually richer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8; θαρραλεώτεροι αὐτοὶ ἑαυτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 350a)], compare d; τῇ αὐτὸ ἑωυτοῦ ἐστι μακρότατον at its very greatest length, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.8, compare 149, 4.85, 198.)]
II in Attic dialect, Trag., and later, αὑτοῦ, etc., is used for the 1st pers. or 2nd pers., as for ἐμαυτοῦ, αὐτὸς καθ᾽ αὑτοῦ τἄρα μηχανορραφῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 221, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 138, etc.; for σεαυτοῦ, μόρον τὸν αὑτῆς οἶσθα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1297, compare 1141, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 101c (variant), 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 59.16, etc.: so in _plural_, τὰ αὑτῶν (={ἡμῶν αὐτῶν}) ἐκποριζώμεθα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.82; δώσομεν ἑαυτούς 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 47)]; ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοῖς by ourselves, [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.1Ki.14.9, compare “PPar.” 47.26 (2nd c.BC), NT.2Cor.7.1, etc.)]; ἑαυτῶν, ={ὑμῶν αὐτῶν}, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PPar.” 63.128 (2nd c.BC).)]
III plural, ἑαυτῶν, ἑαυτοῖς, etc., is sometimes used for ἀλλήλων, ἀλλήλοις, one another, διάφοροι ἑωυτοῖσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.49; παρακελευόμενοι ἐν ἑαυτοῖς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.25, etc.)]; καθ᾽ αὑτοῖν one against the other, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 144 (_anapaest meter_); πρὸς αὑτούς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.19; περιιόντες αὑτῶν πυνθάνονται [prev. author] 4.10, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 215b.)]