ἑαυτοῦ
heautoû · pronoun · “himself, herself”
Heautou is the reflexive «himself, herself, themselves.» Jesus emptied heauton — himself; love your neighbor as heauton — yourself. A small word, weighty in ethics.
Heautou marks the self. Philippians 2:7 hangs on it: «he emptied heauton, taking the form of a servant.» Christ's self-emptying is the model of Christian humility.
And Jesus' great command pivots on it: «love your neighbor as heauton.» We are to extend toward others the very concern we already have for ourselves.
Definition: him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.
KJV usage: alone, her (own, -self), (he) himself, his (own), itself, one (to) another, our (thine) own(-selves), + that she had, their (own, own selves), (of) them(-selves), they, thyself, you, your (own, own conceits, own selves, -selves)
Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).
Original BibleDawn word study. Original-language data and the public-domain Strong's (1890) gloss are referenced; see sources.