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
| Titus 2:14 | who gave himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) for us so that he might redeem us from all lawlessness and cleanse for himself (heautō | ἑαυτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) a special people, a zealot for good works. |
| Hebrews 3:13 | But encourage one another (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc2nd) every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. |
| Hebrews 5:4 | And no one takes this honor on his own accord (heautō | ἑαυτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), but receives it when called by God, just as Aaron also was. |
| Hebrews 5:5 | So also Christ did not exalt himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) to become high priest, but was appointed by the one who said to him, “You are my Son, today I have become your Father”; |
| Hebrews 6:6 | and have committed apostasy, to restore them to repentance, since to (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) their (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) own (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) harm they are crucifying the Son of God again and exposing him to public shame. |
| Hebrews 6:13 | When God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd), |
| Hebrews 7:27 | He has no need to offer up daily sacrifices, like those other high priests, first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, for this he did once for all when he offered up himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd). |
| Hebrews 9:7 | however into the second room only the high priest entered, and that only once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offered for himself (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) and for the sins committed unintentionally by the people. |
| Hebrews 9:14 | how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to worship the living God! |
| Hebrews 9:25 | Nor was it to offer himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) repeatedly, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood not his own, |
| Hebrews 10:25 | not abandoning our (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc1st) own (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc1st) meetings, as is the habit of some, but rather encouraging one another, and all the more since you see the Day drawing near. |
| Hebrews 10:34 | for in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and with joy accepted the confiscation of your belongings, since you knew that you yourselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc2nd) had a better and lasting possession. |
| Hebrews 12:3 | Consider him who endured from sinners such opposition against himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd), so that you may not grow weary in your souls and lose heart. |
| Hebrews 12:16 | that no one becomes immoral and profane like Esau, who gave up his (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) inheritance rights in return for a single meal. |
| James 1:22 | But be doers of the word and not merely hearers, deceiving yourselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc2nd). |
| James 1:24 | then after looking at himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) he goes away and immediately forgets what he was like. |
| James 1:27 | Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their time of trouble, and to keep oneself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd) unstained by the world. |
| James 2:4 | have you not made distinctions among yourselves (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc2nd) and become judges with evil motives? |
| James 2:17 | In the same way faith, if it has no works, is dead, since it is by itself (heautēn | ἑαυτήν | acc sg fem3rd). |
| 1 Peter 1:12 | To them it was revealed that not to themselves (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), but to you, they were ministering these things that now have been announced to you through those who preached to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven — things into which angels long to look. |
| 1 Peter 3:5 | For in the same way, at an earlier time, the devout women — those who put their hope in God — used to adorn themselves (heautas | ἑαυτάς | acc pl fem3rd) by being subject to their own husbands, |
| 1 Peter 4:8 | Above all, maintain a fervent love among yourselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc2nd), for love covers a multitude of sins. |
| 1 Peter 4:10 | Each one should serve others (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc3rd) in respect to the gift he has received, as a good steward of the grace of God in its various forms: |
| 2 Peter 2:1 | But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves (heautois | ἑαυτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) swift destruction. |
| 1 John 1:8 | If we say that we are without sin, we are deceiving ourselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc1st) and the truth is not in us. |
| 1 John 3:3 | And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself (heauton | ἑαυτόν | acc sg masc3rd), just as he is pure. |
| 1 John 5:10 | The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself (heautō | ἑαυτῷ | dat sg masc3rd); the one who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. |
| 1 John 5:21 | Little children, keep yourselves (heauta | ἑαυτά | acc pl neut2nd) from idols. |
| 2 John 1:8 | Be on your (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc2nd) guard, so that we may not lose the things we worked for but may receive a full reward. |
| Jude 1:6 | And the angels who did not stay within their own (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) domain but abandoned their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in utter darkness for the judgment of the great day. |
| Jude 1:12 | These people are blemishes on your love-feasts, feasting with you without reverence, caring only for themselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc3rd). They are waterless clouds, swept along by winds; autumn trees without fruit and uprooted — completely dead; |
| Jude 1:13 | wild waves of the sea, casting up their (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl neut3rd) shameful deeds like foam; wandering stars for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever. |
| Jude 1:16 | These people are grumblers, malcontents who follow their (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) sinful desires; their speech is arrogant, they flatter others to gain advantage. |
| Jude 1:18 | how they said to you, “In the final age there will be scoffers driven by their (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) own ungodly desires.” |
| Jude 1:20 | But you, dear friends, build yourselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc2nd) up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. |
| Jude 1:21 | Keep yourselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc2nd) in the love of God as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant you eternal life. |
| Revelation 2:2 | I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and that you cannot put up with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc3rd) apostles (but are not) and found them to be false. |
| Revelation 2:9 | I know your affliction and your poverty (but you are rich), and the slander against you by those who call themselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc3rd) Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. |
| Revelation 2:20 | But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself (heautēn | ἑαυτήν | acc sg fem3rd) a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. |
| Revelation 3:9 | Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who claim to be Jews and are not, but lie — I will make them come and bow down before your feet and understand that I have loved you. |
| Revelation 6:15 | Then the kings of the earth and the princes and the generals and the rich and the powerful and everyone — slave and free — hid themselves (heautous | ἑαυτούς | acc pl masc3rd) in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. |
| Revelation 10:3 | he shouted in a loud voice like a lion roaring. And when he shouted, the seven thunders sounded their (heautōn | ἑαυτῶν | gen pl fem3rd) voices. |
| Revelation 10:7 | But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as he announced to his (heautou | ἑαυτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) servants the prophets.” |
| Revelation 19:7 | Let us rejoice and be glad and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself (heautēn | ἑαυτήν | acc sg fem3rd) ready. |
Mnemonics
ἑαυτοῦ mnemonic
HEY! OUT TO the shack that is OF THEMSELVES!
ἑαυτοῦ
Hey you two, remember it's every man for himself