verb
eknēfamō
Strong’sG1594
I return to soberness of mind
stem eknēf-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† ἐκ-νήφω
[in LXX: Ge 9:24, Hb 2:7 (יָקַץ), Jl 1:5, Hb 2:19 (קַיץ hi.), I Ki 25:37 (יָצָא), Si 34 (31)2*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1594 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -ψωLXX:—sleep off a drunken fit, become sober again, [same place], Hippoloch. cited in NT+1st c.AD+: with genitive, recover from, χάρμῃ ἐ. τῆς δυσθυμίης Refs 2nd c.AD+
II transitive, carry off, ἀρρώστημα ἐκνήψει ὕπνος LXX
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| eknēfavarἐκνήψατε | happened · yeaorist active imperative 2nd person plural | come to a sober | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eknēfamō | eknēfame | eknēfami | eknēfama | eknēfamē | eknēfamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | eknēfasō | eknēfase | eknēfasi | eknēfasa | eknēfasē | eknēfaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eknēfatō | eknēfate | eknēfati | eknēfata | eknēfatē | eknēfatelē |
| we 1st person plural | eknēfanō | eknēfane | eknēfani | eknēfana | eknēfanē | eknēfanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eknēfavō | eknēfave | eknēfavi | eknēfava | eknēfavē | eknēfavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | eknēfalō | eknēfale | eknēfali | eknēfala | eknēfalē | eknēfalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eknēfameiō | eknēfameia | eknēfameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | eknēfaseiō | eknēfaseia | eknēfaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eknēfateiō | eknēfateia | eknēfateiē |
| we 1st person plural | eknēfaneiō | eknēfaneia | eknēfaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eknēfaveiō | eknēfaveia | eknēfaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | eknēfaleiō | eknēfaleia | eknēfaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | eknēfasōr | eknēfasar | eknēfasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eknēfatōr | eknēfatar | eknēfatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | eknēfavōr | eknēfavar1×ἐκνήψατε | eknēfavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | eknēfalōr | eknēfalar | eknēfalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eknēfamoiō | eknēfamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | eknēfasoiō | eknēfasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eknēfatoiō | eknēfatoia |
| we 1st person plural | eknēfanoiō | eknēfanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | eknēfavoiō | eknēfavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | eknēfaloiō | eknēfaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | eknēfarō | eknēfari | eknēfara | eknēfarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | eknēfarōntos | eknēfarintos | eknēfarantos | eknēfarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
eknēf is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
eknēfavar“come to a sober”happened · yeaorist active imperative 2nd person plural1×
1 Corinthians 15:34“come to a sober”eknēfavar dikaiōs kai mē hamartavōr, agnōsian gar …… you ought, and stop sinning; for some of …