Honorific alternative letter-case form of himself, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
"The boy washed himself after playing in the mud."
Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
This word comes from Middle English hymself, which was formed by combining the Old English pronoun him with the reflexive suffix -self. Originally, it referred to a male person acting in relation to themselves.