Midvash

ἑαυτοῦheautoû

him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.

Greek (New Testament) · G1438

Meanings

1. prop, of 3rd person (Lat. sui, sibi, se), of himself, herself, itself, etc.: Matthew 27:42, Mark 15:31, Luke 23:35, and elsewhere; added to a middle verb, διεμερίσαντο ἑαυτοῖς, John 19:24; to an active verb, Acts 14:14; ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ, Luke 12:57, Luke 21:30, John 5:19, and elsewhere (see ἀπό); δι’ ἑαυτοῦ, Romans 14:14; ἐν ἑ., Matthew 3:9, Mark 5:30, and elsewhere; εἰς ἑ., Luke 15:17; καθ’ ἑαυτόν, Acts 28:16, James 2:17; παρ’ ἑαυτῷ, at his own house, 1 Corinthians 16:2; πρὸς ἑ., with, to himself, Luke 18:11; as poss. pron., τ. ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς, Luke 9:60.

2. As reflexive 1st and 2nd person (so also frequently in classical Greek, chiefly poetry), Matthew 23:31, Mark 9:50, Romans 8:23, 1 Thessalonians 2:8, and elsewhere

3. In plural, for reciprocal pron., ἀλλήλων, -οις, -ους, of one another, etc.: Matthew 21:38, Mark 16:3, Ephesians 5:19, and elsewhere

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 321 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 3:9 Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones.
  • Matthew 6:34 “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
  • Matthew 8:22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me now. Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead.”
  • Matthew 9:3 But some of the teachers of religious law said to themselves, “That’s blasphemy! Does he think he’s God?”
  • Matthew 9:21 for she thought, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.”
  • Matthew 12:25 Jesus knew their thoughts and replied, “Any kingdom divided by civil war is doomed. A town or family splintered by feuding will fall apart.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.