Lexical Definition
σεαυτοῦ seautoû (seh-ow-too') yourself G:F-2
genitive case from σέ and αὐτός, also dative case of the same,
thee, thine own self, (thou) thy(-self).
- of (with, to) thyself
Abbott-Smith
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: Mt 4:6, Jo 8:13, I Ti 4:16, al. (In Hellenistic, the pl. is ἑαυτῶν (q.v.), not ὑμῶν αὐτῶν as in Attic, v. Bl., § 13, 1.) †
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 4:6 |
| John | 8:13 |
| 1 Timothy | 4:16 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
form of: σύ
σεαυτοῦ, -ῆς,
also σαυτοῦ, -ῆς, Ionic dialect σεωυτοῦ, ῆς, reflexive pronoun of 2nd pers., of thyself, etc., in masculine and feminine of genitive, dative, and accusative singular, first in [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἐν σαυτοῦ (variant{-ῷ}) γενοῦ contain thyself, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely in neuter, φίλον ξύλον, ἔγειρέ μοι σεαυτὸ καὶ γίγνου θρασύ [Refs 5th c.BC+] —in _plural_ always separated, ὑμῶν αὐτῶν, etc.: and originally separated in singular, as in [Refs 8th c.BC+] —The separated forms, σοῦ αὐτοῦ, αὐτοῦ σοῦ, etc., were used in Attic dialect, not as reflexive, but as emphatic personal pronouns,[Refs 5th c.BC+]