148 occurrences in 13 translations

'Herself' in the Bible

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

HumourPeople Wearing OutSoliloquyThe Promise Of A BabysexHaving A Babysarah

Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

MisrepresentationPlea Of Innocence

Then she went and sat by herself about a distance of a bowshot away, because she kept saying to herself, "I can't bear to watch the child die!" That's why she sat a short distance away, crying aloud and weeping.

Maternal LoveDepression, SymptomsLove, And The WorldFear, Of DeathNot Seeing PeopleSoliloquyFear Of DeathOthers MourningDeath Of A ChildDeath Of A Motherdistance

For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.

CoveringVeilsMeeting PeopleWho Is This?The Brides Wedding Dress

"That's my master," the servant told her. So she reached for a veil and covered herself. Then the servant informed Isaac about everything he had done.

Telling What People Did

But when the infants kept on wrestling each other inside her womb, she asked herself, "Why is this happening?" So she asked the LORD for an explanation.

Babies In The WombGrinding PeopleWhy Does This Happen?Fighting One AnotherstruggleLife StrugglesFamily ConflictStrugglesHaving A Baby

Rebekah also told herself, "Heth's daughters are making me tired of living. If Jacob marries one of Heth's daughters, and she turns out to be just like these other local women, what kind of life would there be left for me?"

Hope, Results Of Its AbsenceMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningWearinessWeariness Of Life

And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

Clothing, Kinds OfGrowing UpClothing OneselfPeople Stripping OffSitting In The GatewaydisguisesUsing RoadsDistinctive ClothingGiving In Marriage

And she arose and left, and she removed her veil from herself and put on the garments of her widowhood.

People Stripping OffDistinctive Clothing

Judah replied, “Let her keep the items for herself; otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send this young goat, but you couldn’t find her.”

Nowhere To Be Found

Then his sister positioned herself some distance away in order to find out what would happen to him.

Standing At A DistanceLooking Intently At PeopleNamed Sisters

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

Bathing, For RefreshmentRiver BanksPeople Sending People

But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.

Seven DaysSeven Days For Legal Purposescleansing

On the eighth day, she is to take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

PigeonsDay 8Presented At The DoorwayTwo Animals

You are not to have sexual intercourse with any animal, defiling yourself with it; a woman is not to present herself to an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion.

Sexual Sin, Nature OfBestialityLaws Of Sexual UnionRelation Of Animals To ManInterracial Marriagesex

" 'As for a man who takes his sister, his father's daughter or his mother's daughter, and he sees her nakedness and she herself sees his nakedness, it [is] a disgrace, and they shall be cut off {before} the eyes of {their people}; he has exposed his sister's nakedness--he must bear his guilt.

disgraceIncurring GuiltSexual Sin, Nature OfSistersForbidden Sexual RelationshipsNakedness UncoveredDeath Penalty For Sexual SinMothers And Daughters

As for a man who lies with a menstruating woman, he exposes her nakedness--her source he exposes and she herself reveals her blood's source--both of them shall be cut off from the midst of their people.

MenstruationSexual Sin, Nature OfNakedness UncoveredBleedingSex And UncleannessDeath Penalty For Sexual SinThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

daughtersCremationAdulterersProfanityProstitutionPunishment, Legal Aspects OfHarlotsBurning Peoplebranding

And a priest's daughter, when {she marries a layman}, she herself may not eat {the votive offering}.

and sleeps with another, but it is concealed from her husband, and she is undetected, even though she has defiled herself, since there is no witness against her, and she wasn’t caught in the act;

Ignorant Of Facts

and if a feeling of jealousy comes over the husband and he becomes jealous because of his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he becomes jealous of her though she has not defiled herself

Spirit, Emotional Aspects OfThose Jealous For People

“When he makes her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, and her thigh will shrivel. She will become a curse among her people.

ThighsRepulsive FoodBad WaterBitter WaterSwellingBitternessInfidelityHurt And Betrayaladultry

But if the woman has not defiled herself and is pure, she will be unaffected and will be able to conceive children.

ConceptionUnpunished

“This is the law regarding jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,

Those Jealous For People

And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.

AccidentsInjury To FeetBeating AnimalsPressingSeeing Angelscrushes

If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;

Rules About Young PeopleFathers And Daughters

and her father hears about her vow or the obligation she put herself under, and he says nothing to her, all her vows and every obligation she put herself under are binding.

But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, none of her vows and none of the obligations she put herself under are binding. The Lord will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.

God Will Forgive

“If a woman marries while her vows or the rash commitment she herself made are binding,

Lipsimpulsiveness

and her husband hears about it and says nothing to her when he finds out, her vows are binding, and the obligations she put herself under are binding.

But if her husband prohibits her when he hears about it, he will cancel her vow that is binding or the rash commitment she herself made, and the Lord will forgive her.

God Will Forgiveimpulsiveness

“Every vow a widow or divorced woman puts herself under is binding on her.

divorce, in OTUnfaithfulness, To PeopleDivorce

“If a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath,

Husband And WifeRelationships With Boyfriend

and her husband hears about it, says nothing to her, and does not prohibit her, all her vows are binding, and every obligation she put herself under is binding.

But if her husband disallowed them the very day that he heard her, everything that she spoke relating to her vows and her obligation to herself are not to stand, because her husband revoked them. The LORD will forgive her.

God Will Forgive

Her husband may confirm or cancel any vow or any sworn obligation to deny herself.

Husband And WifeWifeMan And WomanA Good Husband

But if her husband remains silent about her from day to day, then he has affirmed all her vows or obligations that she has obligated herself to fulfill. He has affirmed them because he remained silent from the day he heard her vows.

No daughter of Israel is to let herself be used as a loose woman for a strange god, and no son of Israel is to give himself to a man.

ShrinesAbominations, Perverse SexualitySexual PerversionHomosexualityMale Prostituteswhores

"If a man chooses to enter into marriage with a woman, but she finds herself displeasing to him because he has found something objectionable about her, he must draw up divorce papers, hand them to her, and then send her out of his house.

Adultery and Divorcedivorce, in OTdivorce, amongst believersWritingDomestic ViolenceBills Of DivorceDivorce PermittedTroubling IndividualsSecond MarriageMarriage Between Man And WomanInfidelity

Deborah, a woman, prophet, and wife of Lappidoth, was herself judging Israel during that time.

DeborahLeaders, PoliticalRankWomenProphetessNamed WivesWomen Working

Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,

Answering People

And she seeth that she is strengthening herself to go with her, and she ceaseth to speak unto her;

RuthIndividuals Being Silent

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

BowingGrace, In Human RelationshipsProstrationGratitudeLoving Foreigners

And she took it up and went into the town; and she let her mother-in-law see what she had got, and after taking enough for herself she gave her the rest.

Remaining Food

And Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was merry, and he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn. Then she went softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid herself down.

Alcohol ConsumptionLying Down To RestEating And Drinking

And year by year, whenever she went up to the house of the Lord, she kept on attacking her, so that Hannah gave herself up to weeping and would take no food.

Fasting, Reasons ForFasting, Nature OfdiseasesSuffering, Nature OfProvokingLost Appetite

Hannah was praying silently, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. Eli thought she was drunk

Praying QuietlyThe Lips Of The RighteousHeart, And Holy SpiritLipsRenewed HeartMoving OnPrayingdrunkardsHeartfelt Prayer To God

And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

PregnancyDaughters In LawOther Wives

And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

BowingProstrationSalutationsDismountingBowing Before David

And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

Foot washingFeetGuestsReadinessFeet WashingClean Feet

And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

BodyBathing, For RefreshmentRoofPornographyRooftopBedsWomen's Beauty

David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. Now she had just been purifying herself from her uncleanness. Afterward, she returned home.

Messengers Sent OutAdulteress ExamplesImmorality, Examples Of SexualMinistry, Qualifications ForSleep, PhysicalExtra Marital Sex ExamplesPurifying OneselfIndividuals going home

And when the wife of Uriah had news that her husband was dead, she gave herself up to weeping for him.

Mourning The Death Of Others

When the woman from Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, prostrating herself to address him, "Help, your majesty!"

BeggarsProstrationBowing Before David

"Now as to why I've come to speak with your majesty the king, it's because the people have made me afraid, so your humble servant told herself, "I'll go speak to the king, so perhaps the king will do what his humble servant has requested.

Rizpah, Aiah’s daughter, took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on the rock from the beginning of the harvest until the rain poured down from heaven on the bodies. She kept the birds of the sky from them by day and the wild animals by night.

Maternal LoveLove, And The WorldRainProtection Day And NightWild Beasts SubduedBirds EatingBirdsTragedy

Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, “What do you wish?”

BowingBowing Before David

Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and prostrated herself before the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever.”

Bowing Before David

When the queen of Sheba had seen all of Solomon's wisdom for herself, the palace that he had built,

Royal Houses

Tahpenes’ sister gave birth to Hadad’s son Genubath. Tahpenes herself weaned him in Pharaoh’s palace, and Genubath lived there along with Pharaoh’s sons.

WeaningAdoption

And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.

PretendingTelling Of Movements

And stretching herself out on the child three times, he made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord my God, be pleased to let this child's life come back to him again.

Personal ContactEmbracingActing Three TimesNamed Individuals Who PrayedTragedy

So she left him and shut the door behind her and her sons; they were bringing her the containers as she poured [the oil].

Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

When the queen of Sheba had seen Solomon's wisdom for herself, the palace that he had built,

What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

LaughterSpeed

Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

NestsHomeKnowing God, Effects OfBirds, Types Of BirdsSparrowsSwallowsBirdsconnection

Tell me, you, the one I love:Where do you pasture your sheep?Where do you let them rest at noon?Why should I be like one who veils herselfbeside the flocks of your companions?

Love Towards Christ, The Nature OfPasturing The FlockPutting Animals Down

Who is this coming from the wilderness, Hasting herself for her beloved? Under the citron-tree I have waked thee, There did thy mother pledge thee, There she gave a pledge that bare thee.

ApplesOther Supporting

Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

Grave, TheThe Glory Of ManThe Fact Of Death

And at the end of the 70 years, the Lord will restore Tyre and she will go back into business, prostituting herself with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.

Hiring70 To 80 YearsGod Visiting

The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.

OwlsWolvesWild GoatProvision Of Nightcatsvampires

“So now hear this, lover of luxury,who sits securely,who says to herself,‘I exist, and there is no one else.I will never be a widowor know the loss of children.’

CarePride, Examples OfWorldly Pleasures, Characteristic Of The WickedPleasure SeekersUnique NationsNo Loss

In the days of King Josiah the Lord asked me, “Have you seen what unfaithful Israel has done? She has ascended every high hill and gone under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

LicentiousnessSpiritual HarlotryHarlotsWantonnessSacrificing On The High PlacesTimes Of PeopleWorship At Trees

I observed that it was because unfaithful Israel had committed adultery that I had sent her away and had given her a certificate of divorce. Nevertheless, her treacherous sister Judah was not afraid but also went and prostituted herself.

Adultery and Divorcedivorce, amongst believersCertificate of divorceSpiritual HarlotryBills Of DivorceRelated NationsNo Fear Of GodBackslidingBackslidersInfidelitywhores

So that through all her loose behaviour the land became unclean, and she was untrue, giving herself to stones and trees.

WoodAnimismPolluting The LandWorship At TreesInfidelityadultry

And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

ComparisonsPeople In RighteousnessBackslidingBacksliders

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.

Punishment, Nature OfVoicesLabour PainsHaving No BreathFaintingJudged As Murderers

Moab will be destroyed and no longer be a nation, because she has vaunted herself against the Lord.

Infidelity To GodPeople Destroying Foreign Nations

Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.

Labour PainsUnable To Do Other Thingsdamascus

“Raise your battle cry against her on every side!She has given herself up, her pillars have fallen,Her walls have been torn down.For this is the vengeance of the Lord:Take vengeance on her;As she has done to others, so do to her.

TowersWallsMan AvengingLet Evil ReboundRevengeSurrenderTreating Others

See her seated by herself, the town which was full of people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow! She who was a princess among the countries has come under the yoke of forced work!

LamentingQueensFilling PlacesWidowsEmpty CitiesGreat ThingsLuciferlonliness

ד DaletThe roads to Zion mourn,for no one comes to the appointed festivals.All her gates are deserted;her priests groan,her young women grieve,and she herself is bitter.

SighingPilgrimageRoadsTragedy On The StreetsFestivals DisregardedMourning Due To CatastropheNo One To Be Found

ח KhetJerusalem has sinned grievously;therefore, she has become an object of scorn.All who honored her now despise her,for they have seen her nakedness.She herself groans and turns away.

NakednessSin, Effects OfTurning RoundLosing HonourGod's People SinningCatastrophic Events

Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.

SheddingThe Day Of JudgementPeople Polluting ThemselvesKilling Many People

And Oholah prostituted [herself] {while she was still mine}, and she lusted for her lovers, for Assyria [who was] nearby,

Harlots

Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.

People Polluting ThemselvesIdol Worship

"She defiled herself with all their idols. She never abandoned the immorality that she practiced in Egypt during her youth, where they laid down with her and fondled her virgin breasts, lavishing her with all kinds of favors.

Breasts, Figurative UseBeing Evil From YouthTouching To HarmPeople Not AbandoningSpiritual HarlotrySex Between Nations

And I saw that she had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path.

Evil WaysPeople Polluting ThemselvesLike People In Character

And the children of Babylon came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their fornication; she too defiled herself with them, and her soul was alienated from them.

BedsPeople Being PollutedSpiritual HarlotrySex Between Nations

She displayed her immorality publicly and stripped herself naked, so I turned away in disgust from her, just as I had turned away in disgust from her sister.

Nakedness

And she even sent for men to come from far away, to whom a servant was sent, and they came: for whom she was washing her body and painting her eyes and making herself fair with ornaments.

Bathing, For RefreshmentOrnamentsCosmeticsEyes Cared ForWearing Jewellerycatsjewelrymakeup

"After she had worn herself out by her adulterous behavior, I asked her, "Will they continue with their sexual immorality and with their prostitution?'

Debauchery

She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.

Possessions Decaying

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