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HIMSELF

Definition: HIMSELF

HIMSELF

Pronoun

1. 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 plural

1. Alt. of Himselven

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "HIMSELF" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Synonyms within Context: HIMSELF

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: HIMSELF

English words defined with "HIMSELF": By himself. (references)
Specialty definitions using "HIMSELF": Richard is Himself again. (references)
Etymologies containing "HIMSELF": Suist. (references)

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Modern Usage: HIMSELF

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: HIMSELF

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Boy Who Reversed Himself (reference)

  • The peasant of the Garonne: an old layman questions himself about the present time (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: HIMSELF

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Photo Album: HIMSELF

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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.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: HIMSELF
 

"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.)."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: HIMSELF

AuthorQuotation

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.

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Historic Usage: HIMSELF

AuthorDateQuotation

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: HIMSELF

TitleAuthorQuote

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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: HIMSELF

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Spoken Usage: HIMSELF

SpeakerPhrase(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.

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Speeches: HIMSELF

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797The 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

1797-1801To 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

1801-1809Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with the government of himself.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837Time 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

1837-1841How 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

1945-1953Communism 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

1963-1969We seek not fidelity to an iron faith, but a diversity of belief as varied as man himself.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974I 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

1989-1993But 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

1993-2001Jack Lucas threw himself on them both, and, in that moment, saved the lives of his companions.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: HIMSELF

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Pronoun (reflexive)100%31,049273

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: HIMSELF

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "HIMSELF".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
CalnoN/ABiblical

Altogether himself

DariusN/ABiblical

He that informs himself

ElihuN/ABiblical

He is my God himself

JehuN/ABiblical

Himself who exists

LachishN/ABiblical

Of himself

NaphishN/ABiblical

Refreshes himself

ShebnaN/ABiblical

Who rests himself

DariaN/AEnglish

He that informs himself

DarianN/AEnglish

He that informs himself

DareiaN/AGreek

He that informs himself

DariaN/AItalian

He that informs himself

DarioN/AItalian

He that informs himself

DariaN/APolish

He that informs himself

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: HIMSELF

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: HIMSELF

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

raab himself

72

himself kill newscaster

3

bill cosby himself

22

himself touching

3

himself

16

cause fault himself his inquires man wise

3

himself relieving

12

hanging himself man oz wizard

3

as felton himself picture tom

10

bill cosby dvd himself

3

himself picture raab

10

castrated himself

3

himself kill want wilbur

8

as himself pancho starring villa

3

182 adam blink himself killed song

7

he himself knows who

2

himself suck

6

came he himself sermon

2

himself pissed

6

exposing himself

2

big book from god himself many mouth passage this

6

fire himself monk set

2

every man for himself

5

the doctor in spite of himself

2

himself pic raab

5

himself relieved

2

himself wet

5

himself playing

2

heart himself his in man much no private respects

4

came he himself hope mount sermon

2

himself rabb

4

himself relieve

2

himself hung richard

4

himself peed

2

himself sucking

3

god himself revealed

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: HIMSELF

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), (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), (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.

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Ancestral Language Translations: HIMSELF

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 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)

Avestan200-600

hvatô. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: HIMSELF

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 21, Verse 2
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintPaV anhr fainetai eautw dikaioV kateuqunei de kardiaV kurioV
Latin405VulgateOmnis via viri recta sibi videtur adpendit autem corda Dominus
Middle English1395WyclifEche weie of a man riyt to hym semeth; the Lord forsothe peiseth the hertis.
Jacobean English1611King JamesEvery way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
Victorian English1833WebsterEvery way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
Basic English1964OgdenEvery way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

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Matched Bible Translations: HIMSELF

LanguageProverbs 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 。
CroatianSvaki je put èovjeku pravedan u vlastitim oèima, a Jahve ispituje srca.
DanishEn Mand holder al sin Færd for ret, men HERREN vejer Hjerter.
DutchAlle weg des mensen is recht in zijn ogen; maar de HEERE weegt de harten.
FinnishKaikki miehen tiet ovat hänen omissa silmissään oikeat, mutta Herra tutkii sydämet.
FrenchToutes les voies de l`homme sont droites à ses yeux; Mais celui qui pèse les coeurs, c`est l`Éternel.
GermanEinen jeglichen dünkt sein Weg recht; aber der HERR wägt die Herzen.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSetiap perbuatan orang mungkin baik dalam pandangannya sendiri, tapi Tuhanlah yang menilai maksud hatinya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaSegala jalan orang tampaklah betul kepada pemandangannya sendiri, tetapi ditimbang Tuhan akan segala hati adanya.
ItalianAgli 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.
NorwegianAlle en manns veier er rette i hans egne øine, men Herren veier hjertene.
PortugueseTodo caminho do homem é reto aos seus olhos; mas o Senhor pesa os corações.   
RumanianOmul socotewte cq toate cqile lui sknt fqrq prihanq, dar Cel ce cerceteazq inimile este Domnul. -
RussianчУСЛЙК РХФШ ЮЕМПЧЕЛБ РТСН Ч ЗМБЪБИ ЕЗП; ОП зПУРПДШ ЧЪЧЕЫЙЧБЕФ УЕТДГБ.
SpanishTodo camino del hombre es recto ante sus ojos, pero Jehovah es el que examina los corazones.

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Misspellings: HIMSELF

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"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)

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Rhyming with "HIMSELF"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "HIMSELF" (pronounced hi'mse"lf)
4-s e" l fherself, hisself, itself, myself, oneself, ourself, self, yourself.
3-e" l felf, shelf.

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