Definition
sg: of himself, herself, itself;
pl: of themselves
Vocabulary Form
ἑαυτοῦ, -ῆς
Erasmian
Modern
Root
ἑαυτου
Frequency
319
GK
1571
Notes
Because of the word's meaning, it can never occur in the nominative; so for this word the lexical form is the genitive singular. It follows the same inflectional pattern as αὐτός. ἑαυτου can also be translated in the plural as a first ("ourselves") or second ("yourselves") person.
Biblical Concordance
| Mark 14:7 | For you will always have the poor with you (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc2nd), and whenever you want you can do something good for them, but you will not always have me. |
| Mark 15:31 | So also the ruling priests, mocking among themselves, with the scribes, were saying, “Others he saved; himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) he can not save! |
| Mark 16:3 | And they were saying to themselves (heautas | ἑαυτάς | acc pl fem3rd), “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” |
| Luke 1:24 | After these days, Elizabeth his wife became pregnant, and she kept herself (heautēn | ἑαυτήν | acc sg fem3rd) in seclusion for five months, saying, |
| Luke 2:3 | And everyone went to be registered, each to his (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) own town. |
| Luke 2:39 | And when they had completed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) own (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) town, Nazareth. |
| Luke 3:8 | Bear, then, fruits worthy of repentance. Do not even begin to say to yourselves (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc2nd), ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able, out of these stones, to raise up children to Abraham. |
| Luke 7:30 | but the Pharisees and the lawyers (those who had not been baptized by John) rejected the purpose of God for themselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc3rd). |
| Luke 7:39 | When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself (heautō | ἑαυτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him — that she is a sinner.” |
| Luke 7:49 | Then those reclining at table with him began to say to themselves (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Who is this, who even forgives sins?” |
| Luke 9:23 | Then he said to all, “If someone wants to come after me, let him deny himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd), and let him take up his cross daily, and let him follow me. |
| Luke 9:25 | For what good will it do a person who has gained the whole world but has lost or forfeited his very self (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd)? |
| Luke 9:47 | But Jesus, aware of the reasoning of their heart, took a child, had him stand at his (heautō | ἑαυτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) side, |
| Luke 9:60 | Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) dead. But you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” |
| Luke 10:29 | But he, wishing to justify himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd), said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” |
| Luke 11:17 | But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself (heautēn | ἑαυτήν | acc sg fem3rd) is laid waste, and a house divided against a house falls. |
| Luke 11:18 | And if Satan also has been divided against himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd), how will his kingdom stand? For you say that by Beelzebul I cast out demons. |
| Luke 11:21 | “When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) palace, his goods are secured; |
| Luke 11:26 | Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg neut3rd), — seven of them! — and after going in they settle down to live there. So the last state of that person has become worse than the first.” |
| Luke 12:1 | In the meantime, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling one another, Jesus began to say (to his disciples first), “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. |
| Luke 12:17 | And he thought to himself (heautō | ἑαυτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), saying, ‘What shall I do, for I have no place to store my crops?’ |
| Luke 12:21 | So it is with the one who stores up treasures for himself (heautō | ἑαυτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), but is not rich toward God.” |
| Luke 12:33 | Sell your possessions and give alms. Make for yourselves (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc2nd) moneybags that do not wear out, a treasure unfailing in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. |
| Luke 12:36 | and be like men waiting for their (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) master to come home from the wedding, so that when he comes and knocks, they will open the door for him immediately. |
| Luke 12:57 | “Why, indeed, do you not judge for yourselves (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc2nd) what is right? |