◄ 1438. heautou ►
Strong's Lexicon heautou: himself, herself, itself, themselves Original Word: ἑαυτοῦ Part of Speech: Reflexive Pronoun Transliteration: heautou Pronunciation: heh-ow-TOO Phonetic Spelling: (heh-ow-too') Definition: himself, herself, itself. Meaning: The reflexive pronoun "himself, herself, itself, themselves." It is used to indicate that the subject of the verb is also the object, emphasizing the action upon oneself or one's own. Word Origin: A reflexive pronoun derived from the combination of the Greek words ἑ (he), an archaic form of the reflexive pronoun, and αὐτοῦ (autou), meaning "of himself, herself, itself." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The concept of reflexivity in Hebrew is often expressed through different grammatical structures rather than a direct equivalent to ἑαυτοῦ. However, similar ideas can be found in Hebrew pronouns and verb forms that convey self-directed actions or states. Some related Hebrew entries include: • Strong's Hebrew 5315 (נֶפֶשׁ, nephesh): Often translated as "soul" or "self," this word can convey the idea of one's own life or being. • Strong's Hebrew 3709 (כַּף, kaph): Meaning "palm" or "hand," it can be used metaphorically to indicate actions done by oneself. These entries reflect the broader biblical theme of personal responsibility and self-awareness, which is central to the use of ἑαυτοῦ in the Greek New Testament. Usage: The pronoun ἑαυτοῦ is used throughout the New Testament to denote actions or states that are reflexive in nature. It is often translated as "himself," "herself," "itself," or "themselves" in English. It appears in various grammatical cases, including genitive, dative, and accusative, depending on its function in the sentence. Context: The Greek pronoun ἑαυτοῦ is a reflexive pronoun that plays a significant role in the New Testament, emphasizing the subject's action upon itself. It is used to convey a sense of self-reference, often highlighting personal responsibility, introspection, or self-directed action. This pronoun appears in various contexts, from teachings of Jesus to the epistles of Paul, underscoring themes of self-examination, humility, and personal accountability. For example, in the Berean Standard Bible, ἑαυτοῦ is used in passages such as: • Luke 9:23: "Then Jesus said to all of them, 'If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.'" • Romans 14:12: "So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God." In these instances, ἑαυτοῦ emphasizes the individual's responsibility to deny personal desires and to be accountable for one's actions before God. The reflexive nature of the pronoun serves to focus the reader's attention on the personal and introspective aspects of faith and discipleship. The use of ἑαυτοῦ in the New Testament reflects a broader theological theme of self-awareness and the call to live a life that is reflective of one's faith and commitment to God. It encourages believers to examine their own lives, actions, and motivations in light of their relationship with Christ. HELPS Word-studies 1438 heautoú (reflexive pronoun of the 3rd person) – 1438 /heautoú ("himself, herself, itself," etc.) is the 3rd person reflexive (singular, plural) form which also functions as the reflexive for 1st and 2nd person (A-S). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from a prim. pronoun he (him, her) and gen. (dat. or acc.) of autos Definition of himself, herself, itself NASB Translation aside* (1), conscious* (1), each other (2), herself (4), himself (91), itself (12), mind (1), none* (1), one another (13), oneself (1), ourselves (19), own (48), own estimation (2), own initiative (3), own persons (1), own...himself (1), senses (1), themselves (44), venture* (1), within* (1), yourselves (32). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1438: ἑαυτοῦ ἑαυτοῦ, ἑαυτῆς, ἑαυτοῦ, etc. or (contracted) αὑτοῦ, αὑτῆς, αὑτοῦ (see p. 87); plural ἑαυτῶν; dative ἑαυτοῖς, ἑαυταῖς, ἑαυτοῖς, etc.; reflexive pronoun of the 3rd person. It is used: 1. of the 3rd person singular and plural, to denote that the agent and the person acted on are the same; as, σῴζειν ἑαυτόν, Matthew 27:42; Mark 15:31; Luke 23:35; ὑψοῦν ἑαυτόν, Matthew 23:12, etc. ἑαυτῷ, ἑαυτόν are also often added to middle verbs: διεμερίσαντο ἑαυτοῖς, John 19:24 (Xenophon, mem. 1, 6, 13 ποιεῖσθαι ἑαυτῷ φίλον); cf. Winers Grammar, § 38, 6; (Buttmann, § 135., 6). Of the phrases into which this pronoun enters we notice the following: ἀφ' ἑαυτοῦ, see ἀπό, II. 2 d. aa.; δἰ ἑαυτοῦ, of itself, i. e. in its own nature, Romans 14:14 (Tr L text read αὐτοῦ); ἐν ἑαυτῷ, see in διαλογίζεσθαι, λέγειν, εἰπεῖν. Αἰς ἑαυτόν ἔρχεσθαι, to come to oneself, to a better mind, Luke 15:17 (Diodorus 13, 95). Καθ' ἑαυτόν, by oneself, alone: Acts 28:16; James 2:17. Παῥ ἑαυτῷ, by him, i. e. at his home, 1 Corinthians 16:2 (Xenophon, mem. 3, 13, 3). Πρός ἑαυτόν, to himself i. e. to his home, Luke 24:12 (R G; T omits, WH (but with αὑτόν) reject, L Tr (but the latter with αὐτόν) brackets, the verse); John 20:10 (T Tr αὐτόν (see αὑτοῦ)); with (cf. our to) himself, i. e. in his own mind, προσεύχεσθαι, Luke 18:11 (Tdf. omits) (2 Macc. 11:13); in the genitive, joined with a noun, it has the force of a possessive pronoun, as τούς ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς: Matthew 8:22; Luke 9:60. 2. It serves as reflexive also to the 1st and 2nd person, as often in classic Greek, when no ambiguity is thereby occasioned; thus, ἐν ἑαυτοῖς equivalent to ἐν ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς, Romans 8:23; ἑαυτούς equivalent to ἡμᾶς αὐτούς, 1 Corinthians 11:31; ἀφ' ἑαυτοῦ equivalent to ἀπό σεαυτοῦ (read by L Tr WH), John 18:34; ἑαυτόν equivalent to σεαυτόν (read by L T Tr WH), Romans 13:9; ἑαυτοῖς for ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς, Matthew 23:31, etc.; cf. Matthiae, § 489 II.; Winers Grammar, § 22, 5; (Buttmann, § 127, 15). 3. It is used frequently in the plural for the reciprocal pronoun ἀλλήλων, ἀλλήλοις, ἀλλήλους, reciprocally, mutually, one another: Matthew 16:7; Matthew 21:38; Mark 10:26 (Tr marginal reading WH αὐτόν); ; Luke 20:5; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13, 16; 1 Peter 4:8, 10; see Matthine § 489 III.; Kühner, ii., p. 497f; Bernhardy (1829), p. 273; (Lightfoot on Colossians 3:13). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance alone, herself, himself, itself, own From a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive case (dative case or accusative case) of autos; him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, 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). see GREEK autos Forms and Transliterations αυτοίς αυτού αὐτοῦ αυτούς αυτώ αυτών αὐτῶν εαυτα ἑαυτὰ εαυταις εαυταίς ἑαυταῖς εαυτας εαυτάς ἑαυτάς ἑαυτὰς εαυτη εαυτή ἑαυτῇ εαυτην εαυτήν ἑαυτήν ἑαυτὴν εαυτης εαυτής ἑαυτῆς εαυτό εαυτοις εαυτοίς ἑαυτοῖς εαυτον εαυτόν ἑαυτόν ἑαυτὸν εαυτονύ εαυτου εαυτού εαυτόυ ἑαυτοῦ εαυτους εαυτούς ἑαυτούς ἑαυτοὺς εαυτω εαυτώ ἑαυτῷ εαυτων εαυτών ἑαυτῶν τούτου υμάς ψυχὴν auton autôn autōn autō̂n autou autoû eauta eautais eautas eaute eautē eauten eautēn eautes eautēs eauto eautō eautois eauton eautōn eautou eautous heauta heautà heautais heautaîs heautas heautás heautàs heaute heautē heautêi heautē̂i heauten heautēn heautḗn heautḕn heautes heautês heautēs heautē̂s heauto heautō heautôi heautō̂i heautois heautoîs heauton heautón heautòn heautôn heautōn heautō̂n heautou heautoû heautous heautoús heautoùs psuchen psuchēn Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Matthew 3:9 RefPro-DM3P GRK: λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς Πατέρα ἔχομεν NAS: that you can say to yourselves, We have KJV: within yourselves, We have INT: to say within yourselves [For] father we have Matthew 6:34 RefPro-GF3S GRK: αὔριον μεριμνήσει ἑαυτῆς ἀρκετὸν τῇ INT: tomorrow will be anxious about itself Sufficient to the Matthew 8:22 RefPro-GM3P GRK: θάψαι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς NAS: the dead to bury their own dead. KJV: the dead bury their dead. INT: to bury their own dead Matthew 9:3 RefPro-DM3P GRK: εἶπαν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς Οὗτος βλασφημεῖ NAS: said to themselves, This KJV: within themselves, This INT: said to themselves This [man] blasphemes Matthew 9:21 RefPro-DF3S GRK: γὰρ ἐν ἑαυτῇ Ἐὰν μόνον NAS: for she was saying to herself, If KJV: she said within herself, If I may INT: indeed within herself If only Matthew 12:25 RefPro-GF3S GRK: μερισθεῖσα καθ' ἑαυτῆς ἐρημοῦται καὶ NAS: against itself is laid waste; KJV: against itself is brought to desolation; INT: having divided against itself is brought to desolation and Matthew 12:25 RefPro-GF3S GRK: μερισθεῖσα καθ' ἑαυτῆς οὐ σταθήσεται NAS: divided against itself will not stand. KJV: divided against itself shall not INT: having divided against itself not will stand Matthew 12:26 RefPro-AM3S GRK: ἐκβάλλει ἐφ' ἑαυτὸν ἐμερίσθη πῶς NAS: against himself; how KJV: against himself; how INT: casts out against himself he was divided How Matthew 12:45 RefPro-GM3S GRK: παραλαμβάνει μεθ' ἑαυτοῦ ἑπτὰ ἕτερα NAS: more wicked than itself, and they go KJV: taketh with himself seven other INT: takes with itself seven other Matthew 12:45 RefPro-GM3S GRK: πνεύματα πονηρότερα ἑαυτοῦ καὶ εἰσελθόντα KJV: more wicked than himself, and INT: spirits more evil than itself and having entered in Matthew 13:21 RefPro-DM3S GRK: ῥίζαν ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἀλλὰ πρόσκαιρός NAS: [firm] root in himself, but is [only] temporary, KJV: root in himself, but dureth INT: root in himself but temporary Matthew 14:15 RefPro-DM3P GRK: κώμας ἀγοράσωσιν ἑαυτοῖς βρώματα NAS: and buy food for themselves. KJV: and buy themselves victuals. INT: villages they might buy for themselves food Matthew 15:30 RefPro-GM3P GRK: ἔχοντες μεθ' ἑαυτῶν χωλούς κυλλούς KJV: with them [those that were] lame, INT: having with them lame crippled Matthew 16:7 RefPro-DM3P GRK: διελογίζοντο ἐν ἑαυτοῖς λέγοντες ὅτι NAS: [this] among themselves, saying, KJV: among themselves, saying, INT: they reasoned among themselves saying Because Matthew 16:8 RefPro-DM3P GRK: διαλογίζεσθε ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ὀλιγόπιστοι ὅτι NAS: among yourselves that you have KJV: among yourselves, because INT: reason you among yourselves O [you] of little faith because Matthew 16:24 RefPro-AM3S GRK: ἐλθεῖν ἀπαρνησάσθω ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀράτω NAS: Me, he must deny himself, and take KJV: me, let him deny himself, and take up INT: to come let him deny himself and let him take up Matthew 18:4 RefPro-AM3S GRK: οὖν ταπεινώσει ἑαυτὸν ὡς τὸ NAS: then humbles himself as this child, KJV: therefore shall humble himself as this INT: therefore will humble himself as the Matthew 18:31 RefPro-GM3P GRK: τῷ κυρίῳ ἑαυτῶν πάντα τὰ INT: to master of themselves all that Matthew 19:12 RefPro-AM3P GRK: οἵτινες εὐνούχισαν ἑαυτοὺς διὰ τὴν NAS: made themselves eunuchs KJV: which have made themselves eunuchs for INT: who made eunuchs of themselves for the sake of the Matthew 21:8 RefPro-GM3P GRK: ὄχλος ἔστρωσαν ἑαυτῶν τὰ ἱμάτια KJV: multitude spread their garments in INT: [the] crowd spread their the cloaks Matthew 21:25 RefPro-DM3P GRK: διελογίζοντο ἐν ἑαυτοῖς λέγοντες Ἐὰν NAS: among themselves, saying, KJV: with themselves, saying, INT: they reasoned with themselves saying If Matthew 21:38 RefPro-DM3P GRK: εἶπον ἐν ἑαυτοῖς Οὗτός ἐστιν NAS: among themselves, 'This KJV: they said among themselves, This is INT: said among themselves This is Matthew 23:12 RefPro-AM3S GRK: δὲ ὑψώσει ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται καὶ NAS: exalts himself shall be humbled; KJV: shall exalt himself shall be abased; INT: moreover will exalt himself will be humbled and Matthew 23:12 RefPro-AM3S GRK: ὅστις ταπεινώσει ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται NAS: humbles himself shall be exalted. KJV: that shall humble himself shall be exalted. INT: whoever will humble himself will be exalted Matthew 23:31 RefPro-DM3P GRK: ὥστε μαρτυρεῖτε ἑαυτοῖς ὅτι υἱοί NAS: you testify against yourselves, that you are sons KJV: ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that INT: So that you bear witness to yourselves that sons Strong's Greek 1438 321 Occurrences ἑαυτὰ — 1 Occ. ἑαυταῖς — 1 Occ. ἑαυτάς — 4 Occ. ἑαυτῇ — 2 Occ. ἑαυτὴν — 7 Occ. ἑαυτῆς — 6 Occ. ἑαυτῷ — 29 Occ. ἑαυτῶν — 40 Occ. ἑαυτοῖς — 52 Occ. ἑαυτὸν — 68 Occ. ἑαυτοῦ — 47 Occ. ἑαυτοὺς — 64 Occ.