Quick Definition
of yourself
Strong's Definition
of (with, to) thyself
Derivation: genitive case from G4571 (σέ) and G846 (αὐτός), also dative case of the same, , and accusative case , likewise contracted , , and , respectively;
KJV Usage: thee, thine own self, (thou) thy(-self)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σεαυτοῦ, σεαυτῆς, σεαυτοῦ, a reflexive pronoun of the 2nd person, used only in the genitive, dative, and accusative; in the N. T. only in the masculine; genitive (of) thyself (of) thee: Joh_8:13; Joh_18:34 L Tr WH; Act_26:1; 2Ti_4:11; dative σεαυτῷ (to) thyself (to) thee: Joh_17:5; Act_16:23; Rom_2:5; 1Ti_4:16; accusative σεαυτόν, thyself, thee: Mat_4:6; Mar_12:31; Luk_4:23; Joh_8:53; Rom_14:22; Gal_6:1; 1Ti_4:7; 2Ti_2:15; Jas_2:8; etc. (Cf. Buttmann, § 127, 13.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σεαυτοῦ seautou 43x
of yourself, to yourself, etc. Mat_4:6 ; Mat_8:4 ; Mat_19:19
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σεαυτοῦ , -ῆς , -οῦ
(in NT not contracted, σαυτοῦ , as in Att. .), reflex. prop . of 2nd pers . sing., used only in gen ., dat . and acc ( of, to ) thyself: Mat_4:6 , Joh_8:13 , 1Ti_4:16 , al. (In Hellenistic, the pl. is ἑαυτῶν ( q.v. ), not ὑμῶν αὐτῶν as in Attic , v. Bl., § 13, 1.) †
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σεαυτοῦ [page 570]
of thyself : cf. P Flor I. 61 .60 (A.D. 85) (= Chrest . II. p. 89 ) ἄξιος μ [ὲ ]ν ἦς μαστιγωθῆναι , διὰ σεαυτοῦ [κ ]ατασχὼν ἄνθρωπον εὐσχήμονα καὶ γυν [αῖ ]καν .
The contracted form σαυτοῦ is not found in the NT (but cf. Jas_2:8 B), but is common in the papyri, e.g. P Petr III. 53 ( o ) .8 (iii/B.C.) ἐπιμελό [μενό ]ς τε σαυτοῦ , P Par 46 .21 (B.C.152) (= UPZ i. p. 338) ἐ [πιμ ]έλου με ( l . δὲ ) καὶ σαυτοῦ , BGU IV. 1079 .31 (A.D. 41) τὰ παρ (ὰ ) σατῷ ( l . σαυτοῦ ), P Amh II. 132 .4 (early ii/A.D.) σὺ γὰρ διὰ σαυτοῦ ἶ , for you are acting for yourself (Edd.), and BGU II. 380 .16 (iii/A.D.) εἰ δὲ οἶδες σατῷ , ὅτι ἔχεις ἔτι , γράψον μ̣ο̣ι . See further s.v . αὑτοῦ , and Moulton Gr . ii. p. 180 f.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σεαυτοῦ "of thyself", only in gen., dat. and acc. sg., masc. and fem., Hdt. , attic; ἐν σαυτῷ γενοῦ contain thyself, Soph. :—in pl. separated, ὑμῶν αὐτῶν, etc.: and orig. it was separated in sg., as in Hom. , who always says σοὶ αὐτῷ, σ᾽ αὐτόν.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σεαυτοῦ, -ῆς, -οῦ
(in NT not contracted, σαυτοῦ, as in Att..),
reflex. prop. of 2nd of person(s) sing., used only in genitive, dative and accusative
(of, to) thyself: Mat.4:6, Jhn.8:13, 1Ti.4:16, al. (In Hellenistic, the pl. is ἑαυτῶν (which see), not ὑμῶν αὐτῶν as in Attic, see Bl., § 13, 1.) †
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