emautou · myself

What it means

emautou (ἐμαυτοῦ) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “myself”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The person speaking, when the action turns back on them or comes from them alone.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• myself ×25
• own ×9
• me ×3

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Luke×2
• John×16
• Acts×4
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×6
• 2 Corinthians×4
• Galatians×1
• Philippians×1
• Philemon×1

• Matthew 8:9

  For I too am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

• Luke 7:7

  That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you; but say a word, and let my servant be healed.

• Luke 7:8

  For I too am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

• John 5:30

  I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.

• John 5:31

  If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.

• John 7:17

  If anyone wants to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak on my own.

• John 7:28

  So Jesus cried out in the temple as he taught, saying, “You know me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come on my own, but the one who sent me is true, whom you do not know.

• John 8:14

  Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

• John 8:18

  I am the one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

• John 8:28

  So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am, and that I do nothing on my own, but I speak these things as the Father taught me.

• John 8:42

  Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came forth from God and am here; for I have not come on my own, but he sent me.

• John 8:54

  Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’

• John 10:18

  No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from my Father.”

• John 12:32

  And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all to myself.”

• John 12:49

  For I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment what to say and what to speak.

• John 14:3

  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I am coming again and will take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be.

• John 14:10

  Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who remains in me does his works.

• John 14:21

  Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he is the one who loves me. And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.”

• John 17:19

  And for their sake I sanctify myself, so that they too may be sanctified in truth.

• Acts 20:24

  But I do not account my life precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the service that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of the grace of God.

• Acts 24:10

  And Paul answered, when the governor had motioned to him to speak: “Knowing that for many years you have been judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense in the matters concerning myself,

• Acts 26:2

  “Concerning all the things of which I am accused by Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself happy that before you I am about to make my defense today,

• Acts 26:9

  I indeed thought to myself that I ought to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene,

• Romans 11:4

  But what does the divine answer say to him? I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.

• 1 Corinthians 4:3

  But to me it is a very small thing that I should be examined by you or by a human court; in fact, I do not even examine myself.

• 1 Corinthians 4:4

  For I am conscious of nothing against myself, but I have not been declared righteous by this; rather, the one who examines me is the Lord.

• 1 Corinthians 4:6

  Now these things, brothers, I have applied figuratively to myself and Apollos for your sake, so that in us you may learn the saying, Not beyond what is written, so that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against the other.

• 1 Corinthians 7:7

  Now I wish all people were as I myself am; but each has his own gift from God, one of one kind, and another of another.

• 1 Corinthians 9:19

  For though I am free from all, I enslaved myself to all, so that I might win the more people.

• 1 Corinthians 10:33

  just as I also please all people in all things, not seeking my own advantage but that of the many, so that they may be saved.

• 2 Corinthians 2:1

  For I decided this for myself: not to come to you again in sorrow.

• 2 Corinthians 11:7

  Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I proclaimed to you the good news of God free of charge?

• 2 Corinthians 11:9

  And when I was present with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need; and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep myself so.

• 2 Corinthians 12:5

  About such a one I will boast, but about myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

• Galatians 2:18

  For if what I tore down, these things I build again, I prove myself to be a transgressor.

• Philippians 3:13

  Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it; but one thing I do: forgetting the things behind and straining toward the things ahead,

• Philemon 1:13

  I wanted to keep him with me, so that on behalf of you he might serve me in the chains of the good news;