Greek · G1438 · unreviewed

ἑαυτοῦ

Themself

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ἑαυτοῦ G1438

Pronunciation heautoû

What does ἑαυτοῦ (heautoû) mean in the Bible?

ἑαυτοῦ (heautoû) is a Greek word meaning "themself". ἑαυτοῦ, -ῆς, -οῦ, dative -ῷ, etc.

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Meaning

themself

Extended definition

Reflexive pronoun emphasizing the subject's action upon itself; also used reciprocally for "one another

reflex pron.;

1prop, 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.

2As 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.

3In pl., for reciprocal pron., ἀλλήλων, -οις, -ους, of one another, etc.: Mat.21:38, Mrk.16:3, Eph.5:19, al.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Genitive · Singular · Masculine Luke 2:3 · Luke 11:21 · Luke 13:19 · Luke 14:26 · Luke 14:27 · Luke 14:33 · Luke 15:20 · Luke 16:5 · Luke 19:13 · Luke 24:27 · John 5:19 · John 7:18 · John 9:21 · John 11:51 · John 16:13 · Acts 8:34 43×

Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 8:22 · Matt 15:30 · Matt 18:31 · Matt 21:8 · Matt 26:11 · Mark 8:14 · Mark 9:8 · Mark 14:7 · Luke 2:39 · Luke 9:60 · Luke 12:36 · Luke 12:57 · Luke 16:4 · Luke 16:8 · Luke 19:36 · Luke 21:30 36×

Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 6:34 · Matt 12:25 · Luke 13:34 · 1 Cor 13:5 · 1 Thess 2:7 6×

Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 12:45 · Luke 11:26 · John 15:4 · Rom 14:14 · Eph 4:16 6×

Genitive · Plural · Feminine Matt 25:1 · Matt 25:3 · Matt 25:4 · Matt 25:7 · Rev 10:3 5×

Genitive · Plural · Neuter Jude 1:13 1×

Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 3:9 · Matt 9:3 · Matt 14:15 · Matt 16:7 · Matt 16:8 · Matt 21:25 · Matt 21:38 · Matt 23:31 · Mark 2:8 · Mark 4:17 · Mark 6:36 · Mark 6:51 · Mark 9:50 · Luke 3:8 · Luke 7:49 · Luke 12:1 50×

Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 13:21 · Mark 5:30 · Luke 7:39 · Luke 9:47 · Luke 12:17 · Luke 12:21 · Luke 16:3 · Luke 18:4 · Luke 19:12 · John 5:26 · John 6:61 · John 11:38 · John 13:32 · John 19:17 · Acts 10:17 · Acts 12:11 32×

Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 9:21 · Acts 7:21 2×

Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 25:9 1×

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses

Luke 15:11-32 himself heautoû Genitive · Singular · Masculine

Reflexive pronoun marking introspection, coming to oneself in repentance

Ephesians 5:22-33 themselves heautoû

Reflexive action applied to marriage relationships, mutual self-giving and love

Luke 12:13-21 himself heautoû Dative · Singular · Masculine

Reflexive pronoun emphasizing selfish possession and personal gain

Romans 11:25-32 themselves heautoû

Reflexive pronoun indicating Israel's own disobedience and self-interest

Luke 14:7-14 themselves heautoû

Reflexive pronoun describing reciprocal social behavior and self-exaltation

Appears In

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Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 14 — Pursue Love, Desire Gifts, and Let All Things Be Done for Edification and Order Ephesians 5 — Walking in Love, Light, Wisdom, and Spirit-Filled Order John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Luke 9 — The Christ Revealed, the Cross Announced, and the Jerusalem Road Begun Mark 8 — Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Philippians 2 — The Mind of Christ and the Humility of Gospel Witness Romans 11 — The Remnant, the Grafted Gentiles, and the Mercy of God Toward Israel Romans 12 — Living Sacrifices, Renewed Minds, Humble Service, and Love Without Hypocrisy

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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