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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].
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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 15 times in 14 verses in 'Eze' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:12 - “Say now to the rebellious house, Do you not know what these things mean? Tell them, behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took her king and her princes and brought them to him to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:15 - But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. Will he thrive? Can one escape who does such things? Can he break the covenant and yet escape?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:31 - Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:3 - You shall say, Thus says the Lord GOD: A city that sheds blood in her midst, so that her time may come, and that makes idols to defile herself!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:2 - “Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their watchman,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:6 - But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:2 - “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord GOD: Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8 - As I live, declares the Lord GOD, surely because my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd, and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:5 - therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Surely I have spoken in my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave my land to themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, that they might make its pasturelands a prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:26 - They shall forget their shame and all the treachery they have practiced against me, when they dwell securely in their land with none to make them afraid,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:22 - They shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but only virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:22 - On that day the prince shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a young bull for a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:12 - When the prince provides a freewill offering, either a burnt offering or peace offerings as a freewill offering to the LORD, the gate facing east shall be opened for him. And he shall offer his burnt offering or his peace offerings as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he has gone out the gate shall be shut.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:10 - Fishermen will stand beside the sea. From Engedi to Eneglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets. Its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.[fn]
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