For an Informed Love of God
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ἑαυτοῦ
Vocabulary form:
ἑαυτοῦ
Definition:
himself/herself/itself
Erasmian:
Modern:
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 aujtovV. eJautou 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? |
| Luke 13:19 | It is like a mustard seed that a man took and threw into his (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky made nests in its branches.” |
| Luke 13:34 | “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to it! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her (heautēs | ἑαυτῆς | gen sg fem3rd) brood under her wings, and you did not want it! |
| Luke 14:11 | For everyone who exalts himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) will be exalted.” |
| Luke 14:26 | “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) own (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) own (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) life, he cannot be my disciple. |
| Luke 14:27 | Whoever does not carry his (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) own (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. |
| Luke 14:33 | In the same way, therefore, everyone of you who does not renounce all his (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) possessions cannot be my disciple. |
| Luke 15:17 | “Coming to himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd), he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, but here I am, dying from hunger! |
| Luke 15:20 | So he left that place and went to his (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) father. While he was still a long way from home, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and fell upon his neck and kissed him. |
| Luke 16:3 | And the manager said to himself (heautō | ἑαυτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. |
| Luke 16:5 | Calling each one of his (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) master’s debtors, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ |
| Luke 16:8 | The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) own (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) generation than the sons of light. |
| Luke 16:9 | And I say to you, make friends for yourselves (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc2nd) by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal homes. |
| Luke 16:15 | And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc2nd) before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination before God. |
| Luke 17:3 | “Be on your (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc2nd) guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. |
| Luke 17:14 | When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc2nd) to the priests.” And as they went they were made clean. |
| Luke 18:4 | He didn’t want to for a time. But later on he said to himself (heautō | ἑαυτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), ‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people, |
| Luke 18:9 | He also told this parable to some who were confident in themselves (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), because they were righteous, and treated others with contempt. |
| Luke 18:11 | The Pharisee stood and prayed like this to himself: (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of mankind — swindlers, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. |
| Luke 18:14 | I tell you, this man went down to his house upright in the sight of God, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) will be exalted.” |
| Luke 19:12 | So he said, “A certain noble went to a distant country to acquire royal power for himself (heautō | ἑαυτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) and then to return. |
| Luke 19:13 | So, calling ten of his (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) servants, he gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Conduct business until I return.’ |
| Luke 20:5 | They reasoned among themselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc3rd), saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ then he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’ |
| Luke 20:20 | So they watched him closely and sent spies who (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc3rd) pretended to be righteous so they could catch him in his word, and in this way deliver him to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor. |
| Luke 21:30 | When they have already put forth their leaves, you see for yourselves (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc2nd) and know that summer is already near. |
| Luke 21:34 | “But watch yourselves (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc2nd) lest your minds be dulled by dissipation and drunkenness and the anxieties of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly, |
Mnemonics
βασιλεία mnemonic
Princess Leia reigns in a kingdom.