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Lexicon :: Strong's G1438 - heautou

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ἑαυτοῦ
Transliteration
heautou (Key)
Pronunciation
heh-ow-too'
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Part of Speech
pronoun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive case (dative case or accusative case) of αὐτός (G846)
mGNT
318x in 16 unique form(s) TR
338x in 22 unique form(s) LXX
472x in 25 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἑαυτοῦ heautoû, heh-ow-too'; from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive case (dative case or accusative case) of G846; 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).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 339x

The KJV translates Strong's G1438 in the following manner: himself (110x), themselves (57x), yourselves (36x), ourselves (20x), his (19x), their (15x), itself (9x), miscellaneous (73x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 339x
The KJV translates Strong's G1438 in the following manner: himself (110x), themselves (57x), yourselves (36x), ourselves (20x), his (19x), their (15x), itself (9x), miscellaneous (73x).

  1. himself, herself, itself, themselves

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἑαυτοῦ heautoû, heh-ow-too'; from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive case (dative case or accusative case) of G846; 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).
STRONGS G1438:
ἑαυτοῦ, -ῆς, -οῦ, etc. or (contracted) αὑτοῦ, -ῆς, -οῦ (see p. 87); plural ἑαυτῶν; dative -οῖς, -αῖς, -οῖς, 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, σώζειν 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 αὐτ.]; ἐν ἑαυτῷ, see in διαλογίζεσθαι, λέγειν, εἰπεῖν. εἰς ἑαυτὸν 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. παρ’ ἑαυτῷ, by him, i. e. at his home, 1 Corinthians 16:2 (Xenophon, mem. 3, 13, 3). πρὸς ἑαυτόν, to himself i. e. to his home, Luke 24:12 [R G; T omits, WH (but with αὑτ.) reject, L Tr (but the latter with αὐτ.) brackets, the verse]; John 20:10 [T Tr αὐτ. (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 τοὺς 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 ἀπὸ 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]; Mark 16:3; Luke 20:5; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13, 16; 1 Peter 4:8, 10; see Matthiae § 489 III.; Kühner, ii., p. 497f; Bernhardy (1829), p. 273; [Bp. Lightfoot on Colossians 3:13].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
8:22; 16:7; 21:38; 23:12; 23:31; 27:42
Mark
10:26; 15:31; 16:3
Luke
9:60; 15:17; 18:11; 20:5; 23:35; 24:12
John
18:34; 19:24; 20:10
Acts
28:16
Romans
8:23; 13:9; 14:14
1 Corinthians
11:31; 16:2
Ephesians
4:32
Colossians
3:13; 3:13; 3:16
James
2:17
1 Peter
4:8; 4:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1438 matches the Greek ἑαυτοῦ (heautou),
which occurs 29 times in 18 verses in '2Co' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:9 - [fn]Indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves G1438 so that we would not have confidence in ourselves G1438, but in God who raises the dead;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:1 -

Are we beginning to commend ourselves G1438 again? Or do we need, as some, letters of commendation to you or from you?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:5 - Not that we are sufficient in ourselves G1438 to consider anything as coming from ourselves G1438, but our sufficiency is from God,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:2 - but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of truth commending ourselves G1438 to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:5 - For we do not preach ourselves G1438 but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves G1438 as your slaves [fn]for the sake of Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:12 - We are not again commending ourselves G1438 to you but are giving you an opportunity to boast of us, so that you will have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:15 - And He died for all, so that they who live would no longer live for themselves G1438, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:18 - Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself G1438 through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:19 - namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself G1438, not counting their transgressions against them, and [fn]He has [fn]committed to us the word of reconciliation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:4 - but in everything commending ourselves G1438 as ministers of God, in much perseverance, in afflictions, in distresses, in hardships,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:1 -

Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves G1438 from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:11 - For behold what earnestness this very thing—this [fn]godly sorrow—has brought about in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what avenging of wrong! In everything you demonstrated yourselves G1438 to be innocent in the matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:5 - and this, not as we had [fn]expected, but they first gave themselves G1438 to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:7 -

[fn]You are looking at [fn]things as they are outwardly. If anyone is confident in himself G1438 that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again within himself G1438, that just as he is Christ’s, so also are we.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:12 -

For we do not dare to classify or compare ourselves G1438 with [fn]some of those who commend themselves G1438, but when they measure themselves G1438 by themselves G1438 and compare themselves G1438 with themselves G1438, they are without understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:14 - For we are not overextending ourselves G1438, as if we did not reach you, (for we were the first to come even as far as you in the gospel of Christ),

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:18 - For it is not the one who commends himself G1438 that is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:5 -

Test yourselves G1438 to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves G1438! Or do you not recognize about yourselves G1438 that Jesus Christ is in you—unless indeed you [fn]fail the test?

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