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1: ἐμαυτοῦ

(Strong's #1683 — pronoun — emautou — em-ow-too' em-ow-to' em-ow-ton )

a reflexive pronoun, of the first person, lit., "of myself," is used (a) frequently after various prepositions, e.g., hupo, "under," Matthew 8:9; Luke 7:8; RV, "under myself;" peri, "concerning," John 5:31; 8:14,18; Acts 24:10; apo, "from," John 5:30; 7:17 , RV, "from" (AV, "of," which is ambiguous); so John 7:28; 8:28,42; 10:18; 14:10 (RV, "from"); pros, "unto," John 12:32 , RV, "unto Myself;" John 14:3; Philemon 1:13 , "with me;" eis, "to," 1 Corinthians 4:6; huper, "on behalf of," 2 Corinthians 12:5; ek (ex), "out of," or "from," John 12:49 , RV, "from Myself;" (b) as the direct object of a verb, Luke 7:7; John 8:54; 14:21; 17:19; Acts 26:2; 1 Corinthians 4:3; 9:19; 2 Corinthians 11:7,9; Galatians 2:18; Philippians 3:13; (c) in other oblique cases of the pronoun, without a preposition, e.g., Acts 20:24 , "unto" (or to); Acts 26:9 "with" (or "to"); Romans 11:4 , RV, "for" (AV, "to"); 1 Corinthians 4:4 , RV, "against myself" (AV, inaccurately, "by"); in all these instances the pronoun is in the dative case; in 1 Corinthians 10:33 , "mine own" (the genitive case); in 1 Corinthians 7:7 , "I myself" (the accusative case).

2: αὐτός

(Strong's #846 — pronoun — autos — ow-tos' )

"self" (a) with ego, "I," "I myself," Luke 24:39; Acts 10:26; Romans 7:25; 9:3; 2 Corinthians 10:1; 12:13; (b) without the personal pronoun, Acts 24:16 (as the subject of a verb); in the nominative case, Acts 25:22; 1 Corinthians 9:27; Philippians 2:24; in the genitive case, Romans 16:2 , RV, "of mine own self."

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Myself'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​m/myself.html. 1940.
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