Definition

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

Etymology

from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive case (dative case or accusative case) of G846 (αὐτός);

Where the KJV renders it

• alone
• her (own
• -self)
• (he) himself
• his (own)
• itself
• one (to) another
• our (thine) own(-selves)
• + that she had
• their (own
• own selves)
• (of) them(-selves)
• they
• thyself
• you
• your (own
• own conceits
• own selves
• -selves)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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