Strong G4998σώφρων
self-controlled
- Transliteration
- sōphrōn
- Pronunciation
- so'-frone
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
σώφρων, -ον
[in LXX: 4Ma.9:1-32 *;]
__(a) of sound mind, sane, sensible;
__(b) self-controlled, sober-minded: 1Ti.3:2, Tit.1:8 2:2, 5 (Arist.).†
(AS)
[in LXX: 4Ma.9:1-32 *;]
__(a) of sound mind, sane, sensible;
__(b) self-controlled, sober-minded: 1Ti.3:2, Tit.1:8 2:2, 5 (Arist.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4998 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sober2
- discreet1
- temperate1
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 1:8But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
- Titus 2:2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
- Titus 2:5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
σώφρων,
Epic dialect and poetry σᾰόφρων (as in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, see below, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Pae.” 9.46))], ονος, ὁ, ἡ: neuter σῶφρον:—properly of sound mind (from σῶς, φρήν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 411e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1140b11))]: hence, discreet, prudent, οὐκ ἄν με σαόφρονα μυθήσαιο ἔμμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.462, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.158)]; opposed to ἄφρων, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 431, 454, 497)]; opposed to νήπιος, [Refs ([prev. author] 483)]; opposed to ἀνόητος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.4; σώφρονες περὶ θεούς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.2; σωφρονέστατος ἐν τῇ τέχνῃ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.2.)]
2 of things, τοῖσι λόγοις σῶφρον ἔπεστιν ἄνθος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1025 (Lyric poetry))]; σ. οἶκτος reasonable compassion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.59; -έστατον κήρυγμα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.4; σώφρον᾽ εἶπας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1024; ἄλλο τι -έστερον γνώσεσθε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.111)]; σῶφρόν ἐστι with infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.42.)]
II in Attic dialect, especially having control over the sensual desires, temperate, self-controlled, chaste (σώφρων ὁ μετρίας ἐπιθυμίας ἔχων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Definitiones” 415d, compare σωφροσύνη 1), μοι δὸς -εστέραν πολὺ μητρὸς γενέσθαι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 140, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 132)]; γυνὴ σ. [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.14, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 682; σ. καὶ ἐγκρατὴς ἑαυτοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 491d, cf. NT.1Tim.3.2, etc.)]
II.2 of things, σ. γνώμη [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1664 (troch.); εὐχαί [prev. author] “Supp.” 710)]; σ. ὑμέναιοι, λέχη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 558, “El.” 1099)]; τράπεζα, δίαιτα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 893 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 336c)]; ἀριστοκρατία moderate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82)]; χάρις[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 58; βίος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 733e; φρονεῖν σώφρονα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 64.)]
II.3 τὸ σῶφρον, ={σωφροσύνη}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 786, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 431, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.37, 3.82)]; σοῦ τὸ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 365, compare 346, etc.; ἐπὶ τὸ -έστερον λαμβάνειν τι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.71; τὸ -έστατον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.62; τὰ σώφρονα λάγδην πατεῖται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 683.)]
III adverb -όνως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 645, “Eu.” 44, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.77; σ. τραφῆναι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 334 (Lyric poetry); σ. τε καὶ μετρίως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 399b)]; δικαίως πράττοντες καὶ σ. [Refs ([prev. author] Alcaeus1.134d)]; σ. ἐφέπεσθαι cautiously, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 2.3: _comparative_, -έστερον πολιτεύειν)] adopt a more moderate constitution, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.53, compare 1.84, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 1.14, etc.;)] but -εστέρως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 379 (troch.))]: superlative -έστατα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 728e.)]
Epic dialect and poetry σᾰόφρων (as in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, see below, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Pae.” 9.46))], ονος, ὁ, ἡ: neuter σῶφρον:—properly of sound mind (from σῶς, φρήν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 411e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1140b11))]: hence, discreet, prudent, οὐκ ἄν με σαόφρονα μυθήσαιο ἔμμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.462, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.158)]; opposed to ἄφρων, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 431, 454, 497)]; opposed to νήπιος, [Refs ([prev. author] 483)]; opposed to ἀνόητος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.4; σώφρονες περὶ θεούς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.2; σωφρονέστατος ἐν τῇ τέχνῃ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.2.)]
2 of things, τοῖσι λόγοις σῶφρον ἔπεστιν ἄνθος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1025 (Lyric poetry))]; σ. οἶκτος reasonable compassion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.59; -έστατον κήρυγμα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.4; σώφρον᾽ εἶπας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1024; ἄλλο τι -έστερον γνώσεσθε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.111)]; σῶφρόν ἐστι with infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.42.)]
II in Attic dialect, especially having control over the sensual desires, temperate, self-controlled, chaste (σώφρων ὁ μετρίας ἐπιθυμίας ἔχων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Definitiones” 415d, compare σωφροσύνη 1), μοι δὸς -εστέραν πολὺ μητρὸς γενέσθαι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 140, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 132)]; γυνὴ σ. [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.14, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 682; σ. καὶ ἐγκρατὴς ἑαυτοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 491d, cf. NT.1Tim.3.2, etc.)]
II.2 of things, σ. γνώμη [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1664 (troch.); εὐχαί [prev. author] “Supp.” 710)]; σ. ὑμέναιοι, λέχη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 558, “El.” 1099)]; τράπεζα, δίαιτα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 893 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 336c)]; ἀριστοκρατία moderate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82)]; χάρις[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 58; βίος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 733e; φρονεῖν σώφρονα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 64.)]
II.3 τὸ σῶφρον, ={σωφροσύνη}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 786, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 431, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.37, 3.82)]; σοῦ τὸ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 365, compare 346, etc.; ἐπὶ τὸ -έστερον λαμβάνειν τι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.71; τὸ -έστατον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.62; τὰ σώφρονα λάγδην πατεῖται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 683.)]
III adverb -όνως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 645, “Eu.” 44, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.77; σ. τραφῆναι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 334 (Lyric poetry); σ. τε καὶ μετρίως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 399b)]; δικαίως πράττοντες καὶ σ. [Refs ([prev. author] Alcaeus1.134d)]; σ. ἐφέπεσθαι cautiously, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 2.3: _comparative_, -έστερον πολιτεύειν)] adopt a more moderate constitution, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.53, compare 1.84, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 1.14, etc.;)] but -εστέρως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 379 (troch.))]: superlative -έστατα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 728e.)]