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Lexicon :: Strong's G3524 - nēphalios

Aa
νηφάλιος
Transliteration
nēphalios (Key)
Pronunciation
nay-fal'-eh-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3524 matches the Greek νηφάλιος (nēphalios),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

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Wives,[fn] likewise, should be worthy of respect, not slanderers, self-controlled, faithful in everything.

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Older men are to be self-controlled, worthy of respect, sensible, and sound in faith, love, and endurance.

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