For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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ἑαυτοῦ
Vocabulary form:
eJautou:, -h:V
Definition:
sg: of himself, herself, itself;
pl: of themselves
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
319
GK:
1571
Root:
eJautou
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
| Matthew 3:9 | and do not presume you can say to yourselves (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc2nd), ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I say to you that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. |
| Matthew 6:34 | Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious about itself (heautēs | ἑαυτῆς | gen sg fem3rd). Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. |
| Matthew 8:22 | And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) dead.” |
| Matthew 9:3 | At this, some of the scribes said to themselves (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “This man is blaspheming.” |
| Matthew 9:21 | for she was saying to herself (heautē | ἑαυτῇ | dat sg fem3rd), “If I can only touch his garment, I will be healed.” |
| Matthew 12:25 | But he knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself (heautēs | ἑαυτῆς | gen sg fem3rd) is brought to ruin, and no city or house divided against itself (heautēs | ἑαυτῆς | gen sg fem3rd) will stand. |
| Matthew 12:26 | So if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd); how then will his kingdom stand? |
| Matthew 12:45 | Then it goes and brings along with it (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg neut3rd) seven other spirits more evil than itself (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg neut3rd), and they enter and settle down there; and the last state of that person turns out to be worse than the first. So will it be for this evil generation as well.” |
| Matthew 13:21 | yet he has no root in himself (heautō | ἑαυτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) but lasts only a short time, and when suffering or persecution arises on account of the message, immediately he falls away. |
| Matthew 14:15 | When evening came, the disciples approached him, saying, “This is a deserted place and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) |
| Matthew 15:30 | And great crowds came to him, bringing with them (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) those who were lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others; and they put them down at his feet and he healed them. |
| Matthew 16:7 | And they began to discuss this among themselves (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), saying, “It is because we brought no bread.” |
| Matthew 16:8 | But when Jesus became aware of this, he said, “O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc2nd) the fact that you have no bread? |
| Matthew 16:24 | Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone resolves to come after me, he must deny himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) and take up his cross and follow me. |
| Matthew 18:4 | For whoever humbles himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) as this child is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. |
| Matthew 18:31 | So when his fellow servants saw what had happened, they became indignant and went and told their (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) master all that had taken place. |
| Matthew 19:12 | For there are eunuchs who have been that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by others, and there are eunuchs who made themselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc3rd) eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this should accept it.” |
| Matthew 21:8 | A very large crowd spread their (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from trees and spread them on the road. |
| Matthew 21:25 | The baptism of John, where did it come from? From heaven or from man?” They reasoned among themselves (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ |
| Matthew 21:38 | But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), ‘This is the heir; come on, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’ |
| Matthew 23:12 | And whoever will exalt himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) will be humbled, and whoever will humble himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) will be exalted. |
| Matthew 23:31 | By saying this you testify against yourselves (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc2nd) that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets. |
| Matthew 25:1 | “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl fem3rd) torches and went out to meet the bridegroom. |
| Matthew 25:3 | For when the foolish took their torches, they did not take oil with them (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl fem3rd). |
| Matthew 25:4 | But the wise took oil in containers along with their (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl fem3rd) torches. |
| Matthew 25:7 | Then all the virgins woke up and prepared their (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl fem3rd) torches. |
| Matthew 25:9 | But the wise answered, saying, ‘Perhaps there will not be enough for both us and you, so go rather to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’ (heautais | ἑαυταῖς | dat pl fem2nd) |
| Matthew 26:11 | You will always have the poor with you (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc2nd), but you will not always have me. |
| Matthew 27:42 | “He saved others, but he cannot save himself! (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) He is the king of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in him! |
| Mark 1:27 | All the people were amazed, so that they asked among themselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc3rd), saying, “What is this? A new teaching new with authority! He even gives orders to unclean spirits unclean He gives orders and they obey him.” |
| Mark 2:8 | And Jesus, knowing immediately knowing in his spirit his that they were reasoning in that way within themselves (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), said to them, “Why are you contemplating these things in your hearts? your |
| Mark 3:24 | If a kingdom is divided against itself (heautēn | ἑαυτήν | acc sg fem3rd), is divided that kingdom cannot stand. kingdom that |
| Mark 3:25 | And if a house is divided against itself (heautēn | ἑαυτήν | acc sg fem3rd), is divided that house cannot stand. |
| Mark 3:26 | And if Satan rises against himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) and is divided, he cannot stand but is coming to an end. |
| Mark 4:17 | But they have no root in themselves (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) and last for only a limited time. last for Then, when tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away. |
| Mark 5:5 | Unceasingly, night and day among the tombs and in the mountains, he kept crying out and cutting himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) with stones. |
| Mark 5:30 | And immediately Jesus, knowing in himself (heautō | ἑαυτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) that power had gone out from him, immediately power had gone out turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes?” touched clothes?” |
| Mark 6:36 | Send them away so they can go into the surrounding hamlets and villages and buy for themselves (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) something to eat.” |
| Mark 6:51 | Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind died down. And they were absolutely amazed, |
| Mark 8:14 | Now the disciples had forgotten to take along loaves of bread, except for one loaf they had with them (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) in the boat. |
| Mark 8:34 | When he had called the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants to come be my disciple, he must deny himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd), take up his cross and follow me. |
| Mark 9:8 | And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone, but only Jesus with them (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc3rd). |
| Mark 9:10 | So they kept this saying to themselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc3rd), questioning what the “rising of the dead” could mean. |
| Mark 9:50 | Salt is good, but if the salt has become unsalty, with what will you make it savory? Have salt in yourselves (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc2nd), and be at peace with one another.” |
| Mark 10:26 | They were even more astonished, saying to themselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc3rd), “Then who is able to be saved?” |
| Mark 11:31 | So they discussed it among themselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc3rd), saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ |
| Mark 12:7 | But those tenants said to themselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc3rd), ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ |
| Mark 12:33 | And ‘to love him with the whole heart, and with the whole understanding, and with the whole strength,’ and ‘to love one’s neighbor as oneself,’ (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” |
| Mark 13:9 | But watch out for yourselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc2nd); they will deliver you over to local councils, and in synagogues you will be beaten, and before governors and kings you will be made to stand for my sake, to bear witness to them. |
| Mark 14:4 | But some were indignant, and began saying to themselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc3rd), “For what purpose was this waste of ointment? |
Mnemonics
ἑαυτοῦ mnemonic
HEY! OUT TO the shack that is OF THEMSELVES!
ἑαυτοῦ
Hey you two, remember it's every man for himself