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ἑαυτοῦ
heautoû · Greek · Strong's G1438 · 316 occurrences
The KJV renders 14 different Hebrew and Greek words as “self”
What it means
him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.
from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive case (dative case or accusative case) of G846 (αὐτός);
How the KJV renders it
alone, her own, self, himself, his, itself, one another, our own, their own, own selves, them, they, thyself, you, your own, own conceits, selves
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“self”
also renders
stréphō (G4762), thermaínō (G2328), perizṓnnymi (G4024), bâsâr (H1320), kâraʻ (H3766), nâzar (H5144), çâgar (H5462), ʻâṭâh (H5844), ʻânâh (H6031), tsâphan (H6845), râtsôwn (H7522), sâbaʻ (H7646), shâʻan (H8172)“alone”
also renders
mónon (G3440), mónos (G3441), ʼechâd (H259), bâdad (H909), bâdâd (H910)“one another”
also renders
allḗlōn (G240), dâʼ (H1668), dên (H1836)“your own”
also renders
ídios (G2398)Answers that weigh this word
Where it appears
316 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 3:18 · F-3ASM
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
1 Corinthians 6:7 · F-2GPM
Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
1 Corinthians 6:19 · F-2GPM
Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
1 Corinthians 7:2 · F-3GSM
But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:37 · F-3GSM
But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no urgency, but has power over his own will, and has determined in his own heart to keep his own virgin, does well.
1 Corinthians 7:38 · F-3GSM
So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.
1 Corinthians 10:24 F-3GSM1 Corinthians 10:29 F-2GSM1 Corinthians 11:28 F-3ASM1 Corinthians 11:29 F-3DSM1 Corinthians 11:31 F-1APM1 Corinthians 13:5 F-3GSF1 Corinthians 14:4 F-3ASM1 Corinthians 14:28 F-3DSM1 Corinthians 16:2 F-3DSM1 Corinthians 16:15 F-3APM1 John 1:8 F-1APM1 John 3:3 F-3ASM1 John 3:15 F-3DSM1 John 5:21 F-2APN1 Peter 1:12 F-3DPM1 Peter 3:5 F-3APF1 Peter 4:8 F-2APM1 Peter 4:10 F-3APM1 Thessalonians 2:7 F-3GSF1 Thessalonians 2:8 F-1GPM1 Thessalonians 2:11 F-3GSM1 Thessalonians 2:12 F-3GSM1 Thessalonians 4:4 F-3GSM1 Timothy 2:6 F-3ASM1 Timothy 2:9 F-3APF1 Timothy 3:13 F-3DPM1 Timothy 6:10 F-3APM1 Timothy 6:19 F-3DPM2 Corinthians 1:9 F-1DPM2 Corinthians 3:1 F-1APM2 Corinthians 3:5 F-1GPM2 Corinthians 3:13 F-3GSM2 Corinthians 4:2 F-1APM2 Corinthians 4:5 F-1APM2 Corinthians 5:12 F-1APM2 Corinthians 5:15 F-3DPM2 Corinthians 5:18 F-3DSM2 Corinthians 5:19 F-3DSM2 Corinthians 6:4 F-1APM2 Corinthians 7:1 F-1APM2 Corinthians 7:11 F-2APM2 Corinthians 8:5 F-3APM2 Corinthians 10:7 F-3DSM2 Corinthians 10:12 F-1APM2 Corinthians 10:14 F-1APM2 Corinthians 10:18 F-3ASM2 Corinthians 13:5 F-2APM2 John 1:8 F-2APM2 Peter 2:1 F-3DPM2 Thessalonians 2:4 F-3ASM2 Thessalonians 3:9 F-1APM2 Thessalonians 3:12 F-3GPM2 Timothy 2:13 F-3ASM2 Timothy 2:21 F-3ASM
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