adjective

sōfrōnos

Greekσώφρων (sōfrōn)

Strong’sG4998

self-controlled, temperate

stem sōfrōn-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

self-controlled3×prudent1×

What it means

** σώφρων, -ον

[in LXX: IV Mac 9 *;]

(a) of sound mind, sane, sensible;

(b) self-controlled, sober-minded: I Ti 3:2, Tit 1:8 2:2, 5 (Arist.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4998 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidso'-frone

safe (sound) in mind, i.e. self-controlled (moderate as to opinion or passion)

Fromfrom the base of G4982 and that of G5424;

King Jamesdiscreet, sober, temperate.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	sōfrōnos	sōfrōnas	sōfrōnem	sōfrōnois	sōfrōnais	sōfrōneim
object accusative	sōfrōnon2×σώφρονα	sōfrōnan		sōfrōnoin1×σώφρονας	sōfrōnain1×σώφρονας
direct address vocative	sōfrōnor	sōfrōnar		sōfrōnoir	sōfrōnair
of, belonging to genitive	sōfrōnou	sōfrōnau	sōfrōneu	sōfrōnoiu	sōfrōnaiu	sōfrōneiu
to, for dative	sōfrōno	sōfrōna	sōfrōne	sōfrōnoi	sōfrōnai	sōfrōnei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

sōfrōnstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

sōfrōn 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

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

sōfrōnon“prudent”objectaccusative singular2×

1 Timothy 3:2“self-controlled”datō oun ton episkopon anepilēmpton arō, henau gunaikau anēron, nēfalion, sōfrōnon, kosmion, filoxenon, didaktikon,An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

Titus 1:8“prudent”alla filoxenon, filagathon, sōfrōnon, dikaion, hosion, enkraton,Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

sōfrōnoin“self-controlled”objectaccusative plural1×

Titus 2:2“self-controlled”presbutoin nēfalioin arō, semnoin, sōfrōnoin, hugiainarōtoin ta pistia, ta agapa, ta hupomona.Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.

sōfrōnain“self-controlled”objectaccusative plural1×

Titus 2:5“self-controlled”sōfrōnain, hagnain, oikourgain, agathain, hupotassirōtain toi idioi anēroi, hina mē tos logos tou theou blasfēmiteiō.to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.