Strong G1438ἑαυτοῦ
themself
- Transliteration
- heautou
- Pronunciation
- heh-ow-too'
- Morphology
- Greek Reflexive Pronoun (3rd person)
Definition
(Including all the other cases); from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive (dative or accusative) of G846; him (her it 6
them also [in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons] my thy 6
our your) -self (-selves) etc.: - alone her (own -self) (he) himself his (own) itself one (to) another our (thine) own (-selves) + that she had their (own own selves) (of) them (-selves) they thyself you your (own own conceits own selves -selves).
them also [in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons] my thy 6
our your) -self (-selves) etc.: - alone her (own -self) (he) himself his (own) itself one (to) another our (thine) own (-selves) + that she had their (own own selves) (of) them (-selves) they thyself you your (own own conceits own selves -selves).
Detailed definition
ἑαυτοῦ, -ῆς, -οῦ, dative -ῷ, etc., accusative -όν, etc., pi. -ῶν, etc. (Att. contr. αὑτοῦ, etc);
reflex pron.;
1. prop, of 3rd person (Lat. sui, sibi, se), of himself, herself, itself, etc.: Mat.27:42, Mrk.15:31, Luk.23:35, al.; added to a middle verb, διεμερίσαντο ἑαυτοῖς, Jhn.19:24; to an active verb, Act.14:14 (M, Pr., 157); ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ, Luk.12:57 21:30, Jhn.5:19, al. (see: ἀπό); δι᾽ ἑαυτοῦ, Rom.14:14; ἐν ἑ., Mat.3:9, Mrk.5:30, al.; εἰς ἑ., Luk.15:17; καθ᾽ ἑαυτόν, Act.28:16, Jas.2:17; παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ, at his own house, 1Co.16:2; πρὸς ἑ., with, to himself, Luk.18:11; as poss. pron. (with emphasis weakened; see M, Pr., 87f.), τ. ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς, Luk.9:60.
2. As reflexive 1st and 2nd of person(s) (so also frequently in cl., chiefly poetry), Mat.23:31, Mrk.9:50, Rom.8:23, 1Th.2:8, al.
3. In pl., for reciprocal pron., ἀλλήλων, -οις, -ους, of one another, etc.: Mat.21:38, Mrk.16:3, Eph.5:19, al.
(AS)
reflex pron.;
1. prop, of 3rd person (Lat. sui, sibi, se), of himself, herself, itself, etc.: Mat.27:42, Mrk.15:31, Luk.23:35, al.; added to a middle verb, διεμερίσαντο ἑαυτοῖς, Jhn.19:24; to an active verb, Act.14:14 (M, Pr., 157); ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ, Luk.12:57 21:30, Jhn.5:19, al. (see: ἀπό); δι᾽ ἑαυτοῦ, Rom.14:14; ἐν ἑ., Mat.3:9, Mrk.5:30, al.; εἰς ἑ., Luk.15:17; καθ᾽ ἑαυτόν, Act.28:16, Jas.2:17; παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ, at his own house, 1Co.16:2; πρὸς ἑ., with, to himself, Luk.18:11; as poss. pron. (with emphasis weakened; see M, Pr., 87f.), τ. ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς, Luk.9:60.
2. As reflexive 1st and 2nd of person(s) (so also frequently in cl., chiefly poetry), Mat.23:31, Mrk.9:50, Rom.8:23, 1Th.2:8, al.
3. In pl., for reciprocal pron., ἀλλήλων, -οις, -ους, of one another, etc.: Mat.21:38, Mrk.16:3, Eph.5:19, al.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1438 appears in 312 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- himself101
- themselves50
- yourself34
- his19
- own19
- ourselves17
- their15
- itself8
- them8
- unto7
- herself5
- one5
First verses
- Matthew 3:9And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
- Matthew 6:34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
- Matthew 8:22But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
- Matthew 9:3And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
- Matthew 9:21For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
- Matthew 12:25And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
- Matthew 12:26And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
- Matthew 12:45Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
- Matthew 13:21Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
- Matthew 14:15And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
- Matthew 15:30And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:
- Matthew 16:7And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.
- Matthew 16:8Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
- Matthew 16:24Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
- Matthew 18:4Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 19:12For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
- Matthew 21:8And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
- Matthew 21:25The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
- Matthew 21:38But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
- Matthew 23:12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
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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.)]
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.)]