Strong's Lexicon
G4998 — σώφρων
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4998 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σώφρων |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from the base of G4982 and that of G5424 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | sophron |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | so'-frone |
| Meaning: | 1. safe (sound) in mind, i.e. self-controlled (moderate as to opinion or passion) |
| KJV Renderings: | discreet, sober, temperate |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σώφρων, σωφρον (from σάος, contracted σῶς (cf. σῴζω, at the beginning), and φρήν, hence, the poetic σαοφρων; cf. ἄφρων, ταπεινόφρων, μεγαλόφρων) (from Homer down);
a. of sound mind, sane, in one’s senses (see σωφρονέω, a. and σωφροσύνη, a.).
b. curbing one’s desires and impulses, self-controlled, temperate (R. V. soberminded) ((ἐπιθυμεῖ ὁ σώφρων ὧν δεῖ καί ὡς δεῖ καί ὅτε, Aristot eth. Nic. 3, 15 at the end), see (σωφροσύνη, b.): 1Ti 3:2; Tit 1:8; Tit 2:2; Tit 2:5.
STRONGS NT 4998a: τ [τ ,Tau: on the receding (ττ( in the vocabulary of the N. T. before (σς(, see under Sigma.]
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σώφρων (discreet)
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
Titus 1:8
- KJV: But a lover of hospitality a lover of good men sober just holy temperate
- GK: αλλά φιλόξενον φιλάγαθον σώφρονα δίκαιον όσιον εγκρατή
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
Titus 2:5
- KJV: discreet chaste keepers at home good obedient to their own husbands that the word of God be not blasphemed
- GK: σώφρονας αγνάς οικουρούς αγαθάς υποτασσομένας τοις ιδίοις ανδράσιν ίνα μη ο λόγος του θεού βλασφημήται