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'Ourselves' in the Bible

He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to you to the earth?"

They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"

Judah said, "What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? Or how will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord's bondservants, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found."

but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

only the livestock we took for a prey to ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken.

But all the livestock, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.

Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of Yahweh,

"Therefore we said, 'Let's now prepare to build ourselves an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice;

Then Jonathan said, "Behold, we will pass over to the men, and we will reveal ourselves to them.

But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' [houses] of Israel, said to them, "You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to Yahweh, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us."

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

Also we made ordinances for ourselves, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;

Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.

Come, let's take our fill of loving until the morning. Let's solace ourselves with loving.

"Let's go up against Judah, and tear it apart, and let's divide it among ourselves, and set up a king in its midst, even the son of Tabeel."

"Because you have said, 'We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won't come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.'"

"Come," [say they], "I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure."

you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, 'Haven't we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?'

They said, "Why do we need any more witness? For we ourselves have heard from his own mouth!"

They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, "We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?

But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.

For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

For we don't stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn't reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,

Again, do you think that we are excusing ourselves to you? In the sight of God we speak in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edifying.

But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!

You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.

For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn't behave ourselves rebelliously among you,

not because we don't have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
אנחנוּ 
'anachnuw 
we, ourselves, us
Usage: 118

צדק 
Tsadaq 
Usage: 41

ἑαυτοῦ 
heautou 
Usage: 249

ἡμεῖς 
hemeis 
we , us , we ourselves
Usage: 120