personal pronoun · masculine
miautos
Strong’sG1683
of myself
stem miaut-37 times in the New Testamentin 10 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
ἐμαυτοῦ is the reflexive pronoun of the first person, meaning "of myself," "myself," or "mine own self" 1234. It occurs only in the genitive, dative, and accusative singular (not in the nominative), and can be either masculine or feminine 13. It is used to refer the action or state of a sentence back to the speaker, as in phrases meaning "from myself" or "under myself" 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
ἐμαυτοῦ, -ῆς, -οῦ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1683 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidem-ow-too'
of myself so likewise the dative case ἐμαυτῷ , and accusative case ἐμαυτόν
Fromgenitive case compound of G1700 and G846;
King Jamesme, mine own (self), myself.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
reflexive pronoun of first person, of me, of myself: only genitive, dative, and accusative singular, both masculine and feminine: not found in early Epic dialect; Aeolic dialect ἔμ᾽ αὔτῳ, ἔμ᾽ αὔτᾳ, Refs 7th c.BC+; ἐμαυτόν is uncertain in Refs 6th c.BC+; Ionic dialect ἐμεωυτοῦ Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐμᾱτοῦ, ἐμᾱτόν, Refs 1st c.BC+; ἐν ἐμαυτῷ συννοεῖσθαι in or with oneself, Refs 5th c.BC+; but ἐν ἐμαυτοῦ (i.e. οἴκῳ) εἶναι, metaphorically, to be master of oneself, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | miautos | miautois |
| object accusative | miauton18×ἐμαυτὸν | miautoin |
| direct address vocative | miautor | miautoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | miautou14×ἐμαυτοῦ | miautoiu |
| to, for dative | miauto5×ἐμαυτῷ | miautoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
miauto is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
37 occurrences, every one of them listed
miauton“myself”objectaccusative singular18×
Matthew 8:9… anthrōpos amō hupo exousian, echarōntos hupo miauton stratiōtoin, kai legamō houto; Poreuisar, kai …… man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and …
Luke 7:7dio oude miauton axiama pros sin erchara; alla legasar …… is why I did not consider myself worthy to come to You. But …
Luke 7:8… amō hupo exousian tassorōntos, echarōntos hupo miauton stratiōtoin, kai legamō houto; Poreuisar, kai …… man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and …
John 8:54apokrinita Iēsus; Ean mis doxazameia miauton, tas doxas mu oudenem atō; atō …Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One …
John 12:32… ek tau gēau, pantoin helkami pros miauton.… the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.”
John 14:3“myself”… palin erchomō kai paralabemi vin pros miauton, hina hopou amō mis kai vis …… I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.
John 14:21… kamis agapami auton kai emfanizami auto miauton.… I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
John 17:19kai huper autoiu mis hagiazamō miauton, hina aleiō kai autois hagiazorēntois en …For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be …
Acts 26:2… enkalomō hupo Ioudaioiu, basilevor Agrippor, hēgomē miauton makarion epi su mellarōntos sēmeron apologorō,“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today …
1 Corinthians 4:3… ē hupo anthrōpinau hēmerau; alla oude miauton anakrinamō;… fact, I do not even judge myself.
1 Corinthians 4:6Houteim de, adelfoir, metaschēmatizama eis miauton kai Apollon dia vin, hina en …… I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so …
1 Corinthians 7:7“myself”… de pantoin anthrōpoin arō hōs kai miauton; alla hekastos idiem echatō charismem ek …… wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one …
1 Corinthians 9:19Eleutheros gar arōntos ek pantoiu pantoi miauton doulama, hina toin polloteroin kerdainameia;… of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win …
2 Corinthians 11:7Ē hamartan poiama miauton tapeinarōntos hina vis hupsiveia, hoti dōreōs …… a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because …
2 Corinthians 11:9“myself”… apo Makedoniau; kai en pante abaron miauton vi tērama kai tērami.… who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will …
Galatians 2:18… heim kataluama houteim palin oikodomamō, parabaton miauton sunistanamō.… have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.
Philippians 3:13adelfoir, mis miauton ouk logizomō katalabarē; henem de, teim …Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of …
Philemon 1:13hon mis boulome pros miauton katecharō, hina huper su mi diakonateiō …… have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he …
miautou“my own”of, belonging togenitive singular14×
John 5:30“my own”Ouk dunomō mis poiarō apo miautou oudenem; kathōs akouamō krinamō, kai tas …I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment …
John 5:31Ean mis marturameiō peri miautou, tas marturias mu ouk atō alēthas;If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.
John 7:17… tou theou atō ē mis apo miautou lalamō.… God or whether I speak on My own.
John 7:28… kai oidavē pothen amō; kai apo miautou ouk erchamē, alla atō alēthinos tos …… from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me …
John 8:14… legata autoi; Kan mis marturameiō peri miautou, alēthas atō tas marturias mu, hoti …… replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I …
John 8:18mis amō tos marturarōntos peri miautou kai marturatō peri mu tos pemparantos …I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me …
John 8:28… gnōskevi hoti mis amō, kai apo miautou poiamō oudenem, alla kathōs didaskata min …… and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father …
John 8:42… exerchama kai hēkamō; oude gar apo miautou erchamē, alla ekeinos min apostelata.… God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.
John 10:18… mu, alla mis tithamō autan apo miautou. exousian echamō tithara autan, kai exousian …… but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay …
John 12:49hoti mis ek miautou ouk lalama, alla tos pemparantos min …I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me …
John 14:10… rēmeim heim mis legamō vi apo miautou ouk lalamō, tos de patros en …… you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling …
Acts 24:10… ethne houte epistorōntos euthumōs teim peri miautou apologomō,… for many years, I gladly make my defense.
1 Corinthians 10:33… panteim pantoi areskamō, mē zētarōntos tem miautou sumforem alla tem toiu polloiu, hina …… do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many …
2 Corinthians 12:5huper tou toioutou kauchemi, huper de miautou ouk kauchemi ei mē en tai …… but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.
miauto“myself”to, fordative singular5×
Acts 20:24“myself”… oudenou logou poiomō tan psuchan timian miauto hōs teleiara ton dromon mu kai …… consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I …
Acts 26:9“myself”Mis men oun dokama miauto pros tem onomem Iēsu tou Nazōraiou …So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Romans 11:4… tinem legatō auto tos chrēmatismos? Kataleipama miauto heptakischilioi androin, hotinois ouk kamptala gonuem …… to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not …
1 Corinthians 4:4“myself”oudenem gar miauto sunoidamē, alla ouk en houte dikaiomē, …… is clear, but that does not vindicate me …
2 Corinthians 2:1krinama gar miauto houtem, tem mē palin en lupa …So I made up my mind not to make another painful …