seautou · yourself

What it means

seautou (σεαυτοῦ) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “yourself”.

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. Your own person, when the action turns back on the one who does it.

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

How it is translated

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

• yourself ×38
• make your bed ×1
• own accord ×1
• own presence ×1
• own self ×1
• you ×1

Where it appears

• Matthew×5
• Mark×3
• Luke×6
• John×9
• Acts×3
• Romans×6
• Galatians×2
• 1 Timothy×4
• 2 Timothy×2
• Titus×1
• Philemon×1
• James×1

• Matthew 4:6

  and says to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and ‘On their hands they will lift you up, so that you do not strike your foot against a stone.’”

• Matthew 8:4

  And Jesus says to him, “See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

• Matthew 19:19

  honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”

• Matthew 22:39

  And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

• Matthew 27:40

  and saying, “You who would destroy the sanctuary and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

• Mark 1:44

  and says to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

• Mark 12:31

  The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

• Mark 15:30

  save yourself by coming down from the cross!”

• Luke 4:9

  And he brought him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here;

• Luke 4:23

  And he said to them, “Surely you will tell me this proverb: Physician, heal yourself; all that we heard was done in Capernaum, do here also, in your hometown.”

• Luke 5:14

  And he ordered him to tell no one: “But go, show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

• Luke 10:27

  And he answered and said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”

• Luke 23:37

  and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”

• Luke 23:39

  And one of the criminals who were hanging there was blaspheming him, saying, “Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”

• John 1:22

  So they said to him, “Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”

• John 7:4

  For no one does anything in secret and himself seeks to be in public. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.”

• John 8:13

  So the Pharisees said to him, “You are testifying about yourself; your testimony is not true.”

• John 8:53

  Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Whom do you make yourself out to be?”

• John 10:33

  The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are stoning you, but for blasphemy, and because you, being a man, make yourself God.”

• John 14:22

  Judas (not Iscariot) says to him, “Lord, what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”

• John 17:5

  And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.

• John 18:34

  Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others tell you about me?”

• John 21:18

  Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.”

• Acts 9:34

  And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus the Messiah heals you; get up and make your bed.” And at once he got up.

• Acts 16:28

  But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, “Do no harm to yourself, for we are all here!”

• Acts 26:1

  And Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.” Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his defense:

• Romans 2:1

  Therefore you are without excuse, O human being, everyone who judges; for in what you judge the other, you condemn yourself, for you who judge practice the same things.

• Romans 2:5

  But by your hardness and your heart without change of mind you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath and of revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

• Romans 2:19

  and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those in darkness,

• Romans 2:21

  you who then teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who proclaim not to steal, do you steal?

• Romans 13:9

  For: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not covet; and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

• Romans 14:22

  The faith that you have, keep to yourself before God. Happy is the one who does not judge himself in what he approves.

• Galatians 5:14

  For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

• Galatians 6:1

  Brothers, even if a person is caught in some trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, watching yourself, lest you too be tempted.

• 1 Timothy 4:7

  But refuse the profane and old wives’ myths. Rather, train yourself for godliness;

• 1 Timothy 4:16

  Pay close attention to yourself and to the teaching; persevere in them, for by doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

• 1 Timothy 5:22

  Lay hands on no one hastily, nor share in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.

• 2 Timothy 2:15

  Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, cutting straight the word of truth.

• 2 Timothy 4:11

  Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.

• Titus 2:7

  showing yourself in all things as an example of good works, in your teaching showing integrity, dignity,

And 3 more times.