Strong G3524νηφαλέος
sober
- Transliteration
- nēphaleos nēphalios
- Pronunciation
- nah-fal'-eh-os nay-fal'-ee-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G3525; sober that is (figuratively) circumspect: - sober vigilant.
Detailed definition
νηφάλιος (-λεος, Rec., in 1Ti, ll. with), -ον (in cl., -α, -ον),
(νήφω),
1. in cl., of drink, not mixed with wine.
2. In later writers (Plut., al.), of persons, sober, temperate: 1Ti.3:2 3:11, Tit.2:2.†
(AS)
(νήφω),
1. in cl., of drink, not mixed with wine.
2. In later writers (Plut., al.), of persons, sober, temperate: 1Ti.3:2 3:11, Tit.2:2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3524 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sober1
- vigilant1
First verses
- 1 Timothy 3:2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
- Titus 2:2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
νηφᾰλ-έος, α, ον,
={νηφάλιος}, Hdn.Gr. 2.908, +others; ={σώφρων}, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus, compare 2nd c.AD: Maximus Tyrius Sophista 9.3, 6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus 2.3, Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.398 (_superlative_).)] adverb -έως sanely, ξυντελέσαι δόμον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.6.)]
={νηφάλιος}, Hdn.Gr. 2.908, +others; ={σώφρων}, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus, compare 2nd c.AD: Maximus Tyrius Sophista 9.3, 6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus 2.3, Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.398 (_superlative_).)] adverb -έως sanely, ξυντελέσαι δόμον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.6.)]