thyself
- pronoun
- Archaic
- One of these is to believe in some purpose or power greater than thyself, as in all known religions.
- Know thyself
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Watch on YouTubeYeah, The Bible says know thyself, not label thyself.
- Yeah, The Bible says know thyself, not label thyself.
- OK, so know thyself is step number one.
- God our Lord, reveal thyself to us.
- It's been stated for centuries, if not millennia, to know thyself, be thyself, love thyself.
- We all need to, in my opinion, know thyself.
- In Leviticus, in Mark, in Matthew, love thy neighbor as thyself.
- And for some reason he said, not reconcile thyself to your brother, but be thou reconciled.
- Another determinate ethical law was love thy neighbor as thyself.
- So it may be time for a physician to heal thyself.
- Christianity, it's core is love, love your enemy, love others as thyself, forgiveness, sacrifice.
- You know what I teach, which was Mark, know thyself, you're drained.
- So that that, you know, it's that know thyself thing, I think.
- You are, Know thyself, you are.
- Yeah, Well, I'm thinking about know thyself as a term.
- It's called Anoint thyself for John Coletti and just minds.
- And so you have wisdom, know thyself, love, accept thyself and power become the creator.
Examples
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"Physician, heal thyself!" he said.
Fiction book (1995) -
Alexander Pope, in his Essay on Man, exhorted people to "know thyself."
Academic text (2005) -
And so to know thyself is only possible through the eyes of the other.
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Do not trust thyself not to sin.
Fiction book (1997) -
In things of moment, on thyself depend.
Academic text (2016) -
"Love thy neighbor as thyself."
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Go towards Vernon and see for thyself.
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"Thou shalt love thy neighbor - as thyself."
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Physician, heal thyself.
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"Know thyself" is a famous saying that encourages self-reflection.
Synonyms
To show that the person you speak to did something alone or is responsible
Surface Forms
Morphology
thyself = thy + self (transparent) = thy + self
Formed by the straightforward combination of the possessive 'thy' and 'self', yielding the reflexive meaning 'yourself' despite being archaic.
Etymology
Thyself is made of thy meaning 'your' and self meaning 'your own person', so it literally means 'yourself'. It is an old form used when speaking to one person as thou, which is why you mostly see it in older or poetic English.