Strong's Lexicon
G3524 — νηφάλεος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3524 |
|---|---|
| Word: | νηφάλεος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G3525 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | nephaleos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | nay-fal'-eh-os (or nephalios nay-fal'-ee-os) adj. |
| Meaning: | 1. sober 2. (figuratively) circumspect |
| KJV Renderings: | sober |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νηφαλέος (so Rec.st in 1Ti 3:2; 1Ti 3:11 (where Rec.bez νηφαλαιος), after a later form) and νηφάλιος (alone well attested (Hort)), νηφάλεον (in Greek authors generally of three term.; from νήφω), sober, temperate; abstaining from wine, either entirely (Josephus, Antiquities 3, 12, 2) or at least from its immoderate use: 1Ti 3:2; 1Ti 3:11; Tit 2:2. (In secular authors, especially Aeschylus and Plutarch, of things free from all infusion or addition of wine, as vessels, offerings, etc.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
νηφαλέος (sober)
1 Timothy 3:2
- KJV: A bishop then must be blameless the husband of one wife vigilant sober of good behaviour given to hospitality apt to teach
- GK: δει ούν τον επίσκοπον ανεπίληπτον είναι μιάς γυναικός άνδρα νηφάλιον σώφρονα κόσμιον φιλόξενον διδακτικόν
1 Timothy 3:11
- KJV: Even so wives grave not slanderers sober faithful in all things
- GK: γυναίκας ωσαύτως σεμνάς μη διαβόλους νηφαλίους πιστάς εν πάσι
Titus 2:2
- KJV: That the aged men be sober grave temperate sound in faith in charity in patience
- GK: πρεσβύτας νηφαλίους είναι σεμνούς σώφρονας υγιαίνοντας τη πίστει τη αγάπη τη υπομονή