Lexicon :: Strong's G3524 - nēphalios

νηφάλιος
Transliteration
nēphalios (Key)
Pronunciation
nay-fal'-eh-os
Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From νήφω (G3525)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
νηφάλεον — 1x
νηφαλέους — 1x
νηφαλίους — 1x
νηφάλιον — 1x
νηφαλίους — 2x
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TDNT Reference: 4:939,633

Strong’s Definitions

†νηφάλεος nēpháleos, nay-fal'-eh-os; from G3525; sober, i.e. (figuratively) circumspect:—sober.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3524 in the following manner: sober (2x), vigilant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3524 in the following manner: sober (2x), vigilant (1x).

  1. sober, temperate

    1. abstaining from wine, either entirely or at least from its immoderate use

    2. of things free from all wine, as vessels, offerings

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†νηφάλεος nēpháleos, nay-fal'-eh-os; from G3525; sober, i.e. (figuratively) circumspect:—sober.
STRONGS G3524:
νηφαλέος (so Rec.st in 1 Timothy 3:2, 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: 1 Timothy 3:2, 11; Titus 2:2. (In secular authors, especially Aeschylus and Plutarch, of things free from all infusion or addition of wine, as vessels, offerings, etc.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Timothy
3:2; 3:2; 3:11; 3:11
Titus
2:2
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