Sense 1: to be sober-minded, to be well composed in mind
(a figurative extension of meaning of νήφω ‘to be sober, to not be drunk,’ probably not occurring in the NT; see semantic domain 88.86) to be in control of one’s thought processes and thus not be in danger of irrational thinking
Sense 2: to be self-controlled, to be restrained, to be moderate in one’s behavior, to be sober
(a figurative extension of meaning of νήφω ‘to be sober,’ in the sense of ‘not being drunk,’ probably not occurring in the NT) to behave with restraint and moderation, thus not permitting excess
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