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Definition: HIMSELF |
HIMSELFPronoun1. One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself. 2. An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself. Pronoun plural1. Alt. of Himselven |
Date "HIMSELF" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bad Man | Rou_, rake; Sadist; skeesicks, skeezix; limb; one who has sold himself to the devil, fallen angel, ame damnee, vaurien, mauvais sujet, loose fish, sad dog; rounder; lost sheep, black sheep; castaway, recreant, defaulter; prodigal. |
Influence | Tower of strength, host in himself; protection, patronage, auspices. |
Repute | Phrase: one's name being in every mouth, one's name living for ever; sic itur ad astra, fama volat, aut Caesar aut nullus; not to know him argues oneself unknown; none but himself could be his parallel, palmam qui meruit ferat. |
Speciality | I, self, I myself; myself, himself, herself, itself. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: HIMSELF |
| English words defined with "HIMSELF": By himself. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "HIMSELF": Richard is Himself again. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "HIMSELF": Suist. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I wouldn't be in your shoes if the Sweet Lord Jesus come down and asked me himself. (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry) Soon I'll have reached out to and influenced more people than anybody in the history of this planet, except God himself. And the best he ever managed was a Sermon on the Mount (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein) He should have armed himself if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend (Unforgiven; writing credit: David Webb Peoples.) He served 6 months in Chino for exposing himself to an eight year old. (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen) 'Cause he keeps himself so clean (Dave; writing credit: Gary Ross.) | |
Lyrics | Their planet crumbled but Superman, he forced himself (Superman's Song; performing artist: Crash Test Dummies) Of the devil himself (One Of These Nights; performing artist: Eagles) If not himself, then he has naught ("My Way"; performing artist: Frank Sinatra) I see ahead afraid to be himself, (You Will Be A Hot Dancer; performing artist: Incubus) He was thinking for himself (RAISED ON ROBBERY; performing artist: Joni Mitchell) | |
Clever | In his private heart no man much respects himself. (references; author: Mark Twain) He who flies proves himself guilty. (references; author: Danish Proverb.) Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. (references; author: German Proverb) He declares himself guilty who justifies himself before accusation. (references; author: Proverb.) The greatest fool of all is the man who fools himself. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Class by Himself (1972) Man Who Was Hunting Himself (1972) The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) Himself as Herself (1967) The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950) | |
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This 20 year old male wore a jersey previously worn by a friend who had been vaccinated. He inoculated himself in 36 places on his shoulder and face. Credit: CDC. | ![]() | "The Fotographer, himself" Portrait of George E. Marsh Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | |
![]() | Robert A. Earle availing himself of rickshaw service A tourist stop on the way out to the Philippines. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | A young fisherman proudly displays a fish almost as large as himself. Aboard the headboat YANKEE PATRIOT out of Gloucester. Credit: Fisheries. |
![]() | Plate 6. Thoulet device for separating minerals by means of an iodine solution. This device is typical of many that Julien Thoulet, a French mining engineer, developed for the study of sediments in the ocean. Thoulet became associated with the University of Nancy and then devoted himself to oceanography beginning in 1885. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ![]() | Caption: Publicity Shot, "If You Could See Yourself Dictating," "Phantom" View of Executive Standing at Desk Watching Himself Dictate to Stenographer Seated at Left; Unknown Date; {29.320/257} (jpg). |
![]() | U.S. Army, Bushnell General Hospital, Brigham City, UT. : Amputee learning to walk by observing himself in wall mirror. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | [Clot inoculates himself with bubonic plague]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862. Lieutenant Morris distinguished himself as acting commander of USS Cumberland when she was sunk by CSS Virginia on 8 March 1862. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | A crewman paints one of the carrier's hausepipes, while supporting himself on anchor chain, 4 May 1966. Photographed by PH2 Jack Weir. Note the position of this man's safety line, passing under his chin. This is not healthy!. Credit: NAVY. |
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| "No words." by Keely Singer Commentary: "I saw him sitting there and couldn't resist... he speaks for himself here. higher res. available." | "Male 5" by Jillian Balfour Commentary: "Male: A man or boy. (my friend, entertaining himself at a fast food restaurant.)." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Danish Proverb. | He who flies proves himself guilty. |
Francois Rabelais | So much is a man worth as he esteems himself. |
Friedrich Nietzsche | He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted. |
John Heywood | Every man for himself and God for us all. |
John Milton | Deep versed in books and shallow in himself. |
Publilius Syrus | An angry father is most cruel toward himself. |
| No man is happy who does not think himself so. | |
Samuel Johnson | For who is pleased with himself. |
Thomas Fuller | The devil himself is good when he is pleased. |
William Godwin | God Himself has no right to be a tyrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | No constable shall compel any knight to give money in lieu of castle-guard, when he is willing to perform it in his own person, or (if he himself cannot do it from any reasonable cause) then by another responsible man. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | But he there assigns two cases, whereby a king may un-king himself. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Bill of Rights | 1795 | Amendment V. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | But where a specific duty is assigned by law, and individual rights depend upon the performance of that duty, it seems equally clear, that the individual who considers himself injured, has a right to resort to the laws of his country for a remedy. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The serf, in the period of serfdom, raised himself to membership in the commune, just as the petty bourgeois, under the yoke of feudal absolutism, managed to develop into a bourgeois. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Nevertheless, such extension shall in no way affect the right of any of the High Contracting Parties or of any person who before the coming into force of the present Treaty was bona fide in possession of any rights of industrial property conflicting with rights applied for by another who claims rights of priority in respect of them, to exercise such rights by itself or himself personally, or by such agents or licensees as derived their rights from it or him before the coming into force of the present Treaty; and such persons shall not be amenable to any action or other process of law in respect of infringement. (reference) |
United Nations | 1948 | Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection. (reference) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1931) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | As he became rational, he ought to have roused himself and shaken off all that was unworthy in their authority |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | But he recovered himself in a moment, and beckoned to the Emperor to resume his place at the table |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | For again Scrooge saw himself. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | I have heard him smack his lips over dinners, every guest at which, except himself, had long been food for worms |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Fauchelevent had seen this mere artisan grow rich, while he himself, a professional man, had been going to ruin |
Trainspotting | Irvine Welsh | Begbie always constructed imaginary qualities in his friends, then shamelessly claimed them for himself. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He told himself calmly that those words had absolutely no sense which had seemed to rise murmurously from the dark |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | In happy time, here comes the Duke himself. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He took a handful of sand from the bottom and scrubbed himself with it. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | That he laughed at their folly, and went himself in the boat, ordering his men to take a strong cable along with them |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The person injures himself or herself during the seizure. (references) | |
It is the disease of "the boy in the bubble," who spent his life in an isolation chamber to protect himself from germs. (references) | ||
Sometimes a man may not know he has any obstruction until he suddenly finds himself unable to urinate at all. This condition, called acute urinary retention, may be triggered by taking over-the-counter cold or allergy medicines. (references) | ||
Business | Before his death in 1916, Yuan unsuccessfully attempted to name himself emperor. (references) | |
So great was the importance that travelers and guests received fine hospitality that Greeks believed that Jupiter himself, disguised as a traveler, could call at their homes to test them. Today, tourism inspectors are less divine, but the importance of granting excellence in service is equally highly valued. (references) | ||
Children | Guatemala | Because the accused worked for Sosa, the latter recused himself from the case. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Turkmenistan | Public criticism of government officials is done almost exclusively by the President himself. (references) |
Kenya | Kamanda actually had said that Kamanda himself should be shot if he (Kamanda) were to agree to another term for Moi. (references) | |
Economic History | Republic of Congo | Soon thereafter, Sassou declared himself President and named a 33-member government. (references) |
Germany | Schroeder positioned himself as a centrist "Third Way" candidate in the mold of Britain's Tony Blair. (references) | |
Nigeria | On June 11, 1994, using the groundwork laid by NADECO, Abiola declared himself president and went into hiding. (references) | |
Human Rights | Turkmenistan | A person may represent himself in court. (references) |
Mexico | The family was told that Escamilla hanged himself in his cell. (references) | |
Singapore | The detainee may represent himself or be represented by a lawyer. (references) | |
Minorities | Switzerland | Von Marcel was active among neo-Nazis, but in the previous few months had attempted to separate himself from them. (references) |
Liberia | The rituals involved have been reported in some cases to entail eating body parts, and the underlying religious beliefs may be related to incidents during the civil war in which faction leaders sometimes ate (and in which one faction leader had himself filmed eating) body parts of former leaders of rival factions. (references) | |
Political Economy | Cote D'ivoire | Guei dismissed the National Election Commission and declared himself the winner. (references) |
Political Rights | Morocco | However, the King may nominate walis himself. (references) |
Costa Rica | None of the 57 members of the Legislative Assembly identifies himself as indigenous. (references) | |
Yugoslavia | Kostunica declared himself President of Yugoslavia that night and 2 days later Milosevic conceded electoral defeat. (references) | |
Travel | Turkey | A foreigner visiting any one of the large cities in Turkey will find himself or herself in an atmosphere similar to that of a contemporary western city. (references) |
Women | Jordan | Her brother surrendered himself to police after initially fleeing the scene of the killing. (references) |
Worker Rights | Seychelles | A worker who removes himself from a potentially dangerous situation on the job is considered to have resigned. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EMANCIPATION, n. A bondman's change from the tyranny of another to the despotism of himself. He was a slave: at word he went and came; His iron collar cut him to the bone. Then Liberty erased his owner's name, Tightened the rivets and inscribed his own. G.J. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Geoff Shank | Mr. King, I knew he was committing himself and he was somewhat incoherent when he was doing so, but the medical parameters surrounding that self-admission, I'm not sure what those are. |
Joan Rivers | Very close, and he said, Melissa, I'm coming home. I'll see you tomorrow. And he hung up the phone and killed himself. |
Linda Thompson | You know, Elvis fooled himself into thinking he didn't have a drug problem because everything that he took was by prescription. |
Lisa French | From the kids playing too hard, too rough with her. So, Terry was working day and night, he was making like minimum wage, or maybe a little bit more, trying to support, you know, five other people besides himself. And it just wasn't working. |
Patty Hearst | Oh, jeez, he was the leader, or at least mostly considered himself to be the leader. There were a lot of leadership problems toward the end. But he was considered to be the leader after Donald DeFreeze was killed. |
Robert Novak | Well, I think that Congressman Thomas is a compromiser. I think he's willing to adjust himself. But I think he is really determined that Bob Byrd is not going to bring in his collection of pork into those negotiations. We'll see if he prevails on that. |
Rush Limbaugh | But as President Bush himself has proven, you need dignity, honesty, and character in office, and you will not have corruption regardless of the system. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | The Officer makes you the same reply, with this further remark, that his pay will not support him, and he cannot ruin himself and Family to serve his Country, when every Member of the community is equally Interested and benefited by his Labors. |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | To this I answer, if parliament is to be our supreme legislature, we shall be under a complete oligarchy or aristocracy, not the British constitution, which this writer himself defines a mixture of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with the government of himself. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Time and experience have proved that the abode of the native Indian within their limits is dangerous to their peace and injurious to himself. |
Martin van Buren | 1837-1841 | How imperious, then, is the obligation imposed upon every citizen, in his own sphere of action, whether limited or extended, to exert himself in perpetuating a condition of things so singularly happy! |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Communism is based on the belief that man is so weak and inadequate that he is unable to govern himself, and therefore requires the rule of strong masters. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We seek not fidelity to an iron faith, but a diversity of belief as varied as man himself. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | I think of the dreams they had for America, and I think of how each recognized that he needed help far beyond himself in order to make those dreams come true. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | But my thoughts have been turning the past few days to those who would be watching at home, to an older fellow who will throw a salute by himself when the flag goes by, and the women who will tell her sons the words of the battle hymns. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Jack Lucas threw himself on them both, and, in that moment, saved the lives of his companions. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "HIMSELF" is generally used as a pronoun (reflexive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "HIMSELF" is used about 31,049 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Pronoun (reflexive) | 100% | 31,049 | 273 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "HIMSELF". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Calno | N/A | Biblical | Altogether himself |
| Darius | N/A | Biblical | He that informs himself |
| Elihu | N/A | Biblical | He is my God himself |
| Jehu | N/A | Biblical | Himself who exists |
| Lachish | N/A | Biblical | Of himself |
| Naphish | N/A | Biblical | Refreshes himself |
| Shebna | N/A | Biblical | Who rests himself |
| Daria | N/A | English | He that informs himself |
| Darian | N/A | English | He that informs himself |
| Dareia | N/A | Greek | He that informs himself |
| Daria | N/A | Italian | He that informs himself |
| Dario | N/A | Italian | He that informs himself |
| Daria | N/A | Polish | He that informs himself |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "HIMSELF": beside himself ♦ by himself ♦ call into himself ♦ for himself ♦ for reasons best known to himself ♦ he himself ♦ he let himself go ♦ he lives by himself ♦ he made away with himself ♦ he rants himself doctor! ♦ he saw the doctor by himself ♦ he thinks no small beer of himself ♦ he took himself off ♦ he was beside himself ♦ in himself ♦ name not the rope where one has hanged himself ♦ none but himself could be his parallel ♦ take smb. out of himself ♦ to himself ♦ To leave one to himself. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "HIMSELF": himself-a, himself-and, himself-as, himself-but, himself-he, himself-i, himself-obsessively, himself-reactions, himself-with. | |
Ending with "HIMSELF": after-himself, all-too-sure-of-himself, by-himself, everyone-for-himself, poured-himself, talking-about-himself. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "HIMSELF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | self (herself, itself, self). (various references) | |
Albanian | vetë (by oneself, herself, in person, itself, mouth, myself, oneself, ourselves, person, personally, piece, themselves, thyself, yourself), ai vetë. (various references) | |
Arabic | هو نفسه, نفسه (itself, oneself, same, self, selfsame), لقد راى الطبيب ذاته, لوحده (by himself), شخصه. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | себе си (herself, itself, myself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, thyself, yourself, yourselves), се (herself, itself, oneself, ourselves, themselves), той самият, той сам. (various references) | |
Chinese | 他自己 . (various references) | |
Czech | se (each other, herself, itself, myself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, with, yourself), samotní (alone, only, themselves), sám (alone, by himself, itself, of one's own, oneself, own, self, sole, unaccompanied), on sám. (various references) | |
Danish | selv (even, herself, itself, self). (various references) | |
Dutch | zelf (herself, itself, self). (various references) | |
Esperanto | mem (herself, itself, self). (various references) | |
Faeroese | sjálvur (herself, itself, self). (various references) | |
Farsi | خوداو(درحال تاکید), خودش . (various references) | |
Finnish | itse (herself, itself, myself, oneself, ourselves, self, themselves, yourself, yourselves). (various references) | |
French | se, sa personne, même, lui-même. (various references) | |
Frisian | sels (herself, itself, self). (various references) | |
German | selbst (even, her, herself, itself, myself, oneself, ourselves, self, themselves, thyself, yourself, yourselves), sich (aggregate, dared, durst, each other, federalize, herself, him, itself, one another, oneself, self, themselves, to herself, to himself, to itself, to oneself, to realize, to stretch, to themselves, to yourself, to yourselves, yourself, yourselves). (various references) | |
Greek | εαυτό (itself), αυτόσ ο ίδιοσ, αυτός ο ίδιος / ο εαυτός του, αυτός ο ίδιος / ο εα, αυτός ο ίδιος, ο εαυτός του, ίδιοσ (idem, own, proper, same, self, self-same). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לעצמו, לבדו (by himself, on ones own), עצמו (oneself, same, self, selfsame), בעצמו. (various references) | |
Hungarian | önmaga (herself, number one, oneself, self, selves), õt magát (herself), õ maga (herself, itself). (various references) | |
Icelandic | sjálfur (herself, itself, self). (various references) | |
Italian | stesso (ditto, equal, herself, I myself, ilk, itself, like, one, same, self, self-same, very), sé (herself, him, it, itself, one, oneself, yourself). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 御自身 (herself, yourself). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ごじしん (herself, yourself). (various references) | |
Korean | 그 자신. (various references) | |
Manx | eshyn (he, him), eh hene (goodman, itself), e hene. (various references) | |
Norwegian | han selv, sjølv (herself, itself, self), selv (herself, itself, self). (various references) | |
Papiamen | mes (herself, itself, self). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | imselfhay.(various references) | |
Polish | sam (alone, herself, itself, only, self, sole, solitary), osobiście (herself, itself, self). (various references) | |
Portuguese | se (each other, failing, if, in case that, itself, oneself, provided that, should, so, supposing, themselves, whether, yourself), ele mesmo (itself). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | se (each other, if, itself, no translation, one, oneself, themselves). (various references) | |
Romanian | singur (a, alone, by, by oneself, herself, isolated, itself, lone, lonely, lonesome, mateless, naked, only, single, sole, solely, solitary, solo, yourself, yourselves), se (herself, it, itself, one, oneself, themselves, they), însuşi (assimilate, assume, oneself). (various references) | |
Russian | собой (herself, myself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, us, yourself, yourselves), себя (herself, itself, me, myself, oneself, ourselves, self, themselves, thyself, us, yourself, yourselves), себе (herself, itself, myself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, us, yourself, yourselves), сам (alone, itself, myself, self, the very, thyself, yourself), мсам себя себя он (thyself). (various references) | |
Scottish | fhéin (herself, itself, self). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sobom (myself, oneself, ourself, themselves), sebe (itself, myself, oneself, ourself, ourselves, themselves, yourself), on sam. (various references) | |
Spanish | se (commit suicide, each other, for you, from them, from you, herself, itself, o.s., one, oneself, self, themselves, yourself, yourselves), sí mismo (itself, o.s., oneself, self, yourself), sí (ay, aye, herself, o.k., o.s., ok, okay, okey, oneself, sure, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yourself, yourselves), él mismo (itself, same). (various references) | |
Sranan | srefi (herself, itself, self), eygi (herself, itself, own, personal, self). (various references) | |
Swahili | -enyewe (herself, itself, self), enyewe (herself, itself, self). (various references) | |
Swedish | själv (by itself, herself, itself, myself, on one's own, oneself, self, very, yourself, yuorself....), sig själv (by oneself, herself, itself, oneself, onself). (various references) | |
Thai | ตัวของเขา (ผู้ชาย) เอง. (various references) | |
Turkish | kendisini, kendisi (he who, her, herself, itself, oneself), kendini (herself, itself, oneself), kendine (her, herself, him, oneself, self), kendinde (collected, herself), kendi (auto-, herself, him, its, itself, of one's own, oneself, own, respective, self), bizzat (herself, in person, itself, myself, personally). (various references) | |
Turkmen | цz (herself, self). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | себе (herself, him, itself, myself, oneself, ourself, ourselves, them, themselves, thyself, us, yourself, yourselves), сам (alone, by himself, itself, myself, oneself, self, yourself). (various references) | |
Welsh | ar ei ben ei hun (alone, by himself). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ipsa, ipsae, ipsaeque, ipsam, ipsamque, ipsaque, ipsarum, ipsas, ipsasque, ipse, ipse ipsa ipsum, ipsi, ipsique, ipsis, ipsius, ipso, ipsorum, ipsos, ipsosque, ipsud, ipsum, ipsumque, isse, sese, sui. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | hvatô. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 21, Verse 2 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | PaV anhr fainetai eautw dikaioV kateuqunei de kardiaV kurioV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Omnis via viri recta sibi videtur adpendit autem corda Dominus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Eche weie of a man riyt to hym semeth; the Lord forsothe peiseth the hertis. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 21, Verse 2 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang tagsatagsa ka dalan sa usa ka tawo matarung sa iyang kaugalingong mga mata; Apan si Jehova magatimbang sa mga kasingkasing. |
| Chinese | 人 所 行 的 、 在 自 己 眼 中 都 看 為 正 . 惟 有 耶 和 華 衡 量 人 心 。 |
| Croatian | Svaki je put èovjeku pravedan u vlastitim oèima, a Jahve ispituje srca. |
| Danish | En Mand holder al sin Færd for ret, men HERREN vejer Hjerter. |
| Dutch | Alle weg des mensen is recht in zijn ogen; maar de HEERE weegt de harten. |
| Finnish | Kaikki miehen tiet ovat hänen omissa silmissään oikeat, mutta Herra tutkii sydämet. |
| French | Toutes les voies de l`homme sont droites à ses yeux; Mais celui qui pèse les coeurs, c`est l`Éternel. |
| German | Einen jeglichen dünkt sein Weg recht; aber der HERR wägt die Herzen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Setiap perbuatan orang mungkin baik dalam pandangannya sendiri, tapi Tuhanlah yang menilai maksud hatinya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Segala jalan orang tampaklah betul kepada pemandangannya sendiri, tetapi ditimbang Tuhan akan segala hati adanya. |
| Italian | Agli occhi dell'uomo tutte le sue vie sono rette, ma chi pesa i cuori è il Signore. |
| Maori | ¶ Ko nga ara katoa o te tangata, tika kau ki ona kanohi ake: ko Ihowa ia hei pauna i nga ngakau. |
| Norwegian | Alle en manns veier er rette i hans egne øine, men Herren veier hjertene. |
| Portuguese | Todo caminho do homem é reto aos seus olhos; mas o Senhor pesa os corações. |
| Rumanian | Omul socotewte cq toate cqile lui sknt fqrq prihanq, dar Cel ce cerceteazq inimile este Domnul. - |
| Russian | чУСЛЙК РХФШ ЮЕМПЧЕЛБ РТСН Ч ЗМБЪБИ ЕЗП; ОП зПУРПДШ ЧЪЧЕЫЙЧБЕФ УЕТДГБ. |
| Spanish | Todo camino del hombre es recto ante sus ojos, pero Jehovah es el que examina los corazones. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"HIMSELF" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ghisolfi, Hensels, Henselt, hiimself, himelf, himeslf, Himmels, himsclf, himsel, himselfe, hiself, hisself, hitsel, hitself, homself, inself, minself. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "HIMSELF" (pronounced hi'mse"lf) |
| 4 | -s e" l f | herself, hisself, itself, myself, oneself, ourself, self, yourself. |
| 3 | -e" l f | elf, shelf. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
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