Strong G4572σεαυτοῦ
yourself
- Transliteration
- seautou seautō seauton sautou sautō sauton
- Pronunciation
- seh-ow-too' she-ow-to' she-ow-ton' sow-too' sow-to' sow-ton'
- Morphology
- Greek Reflexive Pronoun (2nd person)
Definition
Detailed definition
σεαυτοῦ, -ῆς, -οῦ
(in NT not contracted, σαυτοῦ, as in Att..),
reflex. prop. of 2nd of person(s) sing., used only in genitive, dative and accusative
(of, to) thyself: Mat.4:6, Jhn.8:13, 1Ti.4:16, al. (In Hellenistic, the pl. is ἑαυτῶν (which see), not ὑμῶν αὐτῶν as in Attic, see Bl., § 13, 1.) †
(AS)
(in NT not contracted, σαυτοῦ, as in Att..),
reflex. prop. of 2nd of person(s) sing., used only in genitive, dative and accusative
(of, to) thyself: Mat.4:6, Jhn.8:13, 1Ti.4:16, al. (In Hellenistic, the pl. is ἑαυτῶν (which see), not ὑμῶν αὐτῶν as in Attic, see Bl., § 13, 1.) †
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4572 appears in 39 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- thyself34
- self2
- thee1
- thou1
- thy1
First verses
- Matthew 4:6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
- Matthew 8:4And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
- Matthew 19:19Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- Matthew 22:39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- Matthew 27:40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
- Mark 1:44And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
- Mark 12:31And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
- Mark 15:30Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
- Luke 4:9And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
- Luke 4:23And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
- Luke 5:14And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
- Luke 10:27And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
- Luke 23:37And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
- Luke 23:39And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
- John 1:22Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
- John 7:4For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
- John 8:13The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.
- John 8:53Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
- John 10:33The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
- John 14:22Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σεαυτοῦ, -ῆς,
also σαυτοῦ, -ῆς, Ionic dialect σεωυτοῦ, ῆς, reflexive pronoun of 2nd pers., of thyself, etc., in masculine and feminine of genitive, dative, and accusative singular, first in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 87, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 97, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.45, 108)]; ἐν σαυτοῦ (variant{-ῷ}) γενοῦ contain thyself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 950)]: rarely in neuter, φίλον ξύλον, ἔγειρέ μοι σεαυτὸ καὶ γίγνου θρασύ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 693:—the Trag. use the longer form (but not so frequently as the shorter), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 547, “OT” 312, etc.:)] —in _plural_ always separated, ὑμῶν αὐτῶν, etc.: and originally separated in singular, as in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, who always has σοὶ αὐτῷ, σ᾽ αὐτό; and so τὰ σ᾽ αὐτοῦ, τὰ σ᾽ αὐτῆς for τὰ σά αὐτοῦ, etc., see at {σός} I.3.)] —The separated forms, σοῦ αὐτοῦ, αὐτοῦ σοῦ, etc., were used in Attic dialect, not as reflexive, but as emphatic personal pronouns,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 472b, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 632.)]
also σαυτοῦ, -ῆς, Ionic dialect σεωυτοῦ, ῆς, reflexive pronoun of 2nd pers., of thyself, etc., in masculine and feminine of genitive, dative, and accusative singular, first in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 87, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 97, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.45, 108)]; ἐν σαυτοῦ (variant{-ῷ}) γενοῦ contain thyself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 950)]: rarely in neuter, φίλον ξύλον, ἔγειρέ μοι σεαυτὸ καὶ γίγνου θρασύ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 693:—the Trag. use the longer form (but not so frequently as the shorter), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 547, “OT” 312, etc.:)] —in _plural_ always separated, ὑμῶν αὐτῶν, etc.: and originally separated in singular, as in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, who always has σοὶ αὐτῷ, σ᾽ αὐτό; and so τὰ σ᾽ αὐτοῦ, τὰ σ᾽ αὐτῆς for τὰ σά αὐτοῦ, etc., see at {σός} I.3.)] —The separated forms, σοῦ αὐτοῦ, αὐτοῦ σοῦ, etc., were used in Attic dialect, not as reflexive, but as emphatic personal pronouns,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 472b, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 632.)]