sōfronos

Strong’sG4998

self-controlled, temperate

stem sōfron-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 26 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.

** 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.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

σώφρων,
Epic dialect and poetry σᾰόφρων (as in Refs 8th c.BC+, ονος, ὁ, ἡ: neuter σῶφρον:—properly of sound mind (from σῶς, φρήν, Refs 5th c.BC+: hence, discreet, prudent, οὐκ ἄν με σαόφρονα μυθήσαιο ἔμμεναι Refs 8th c.BC+; opposed to ἄφρων, Refs 6th c.BC+; opposed to νήπιος, Refs; opposed to ἀνόητος, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 of things, τοῖσι λόγοις σῶφρον ἔπεστιν ἄνθος Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. οἶκτος reasonable compassion, Refs 5th c.BC+; σῶφρόν ἐστι with infinitive, Refs
II in Attic dialect, especially having control over the sensual desires, temperate, self-controlled, chaste (σώφρων ὁ μετρίας ἐπιθυμίας ἔχων Refs 5th c.BC+; γυνὴ σ. NT+5th c.BC+
II.2 of things, σ. γνώμη Refs 4th c.BC+; σ. ὑμέναιοι, λέχη, Refs 5th c.BC+; τράπεζα, δίαιτα, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀριστοκρατία moderate, Refs 5th c.BC+; χάριςRefs 5th c.BC+
II.3 τὸ σῶφρον, ={σωφροσύνη}, Refs 5th c.BC+; σοῦ τὸ σ. Refs 5th c.BC+
III adverb -όνωςRefs 5th c.BC+; δικαίως πράττοντες καὶ σ. Refs; σ. ἐφέπεσθαι cautiously, Refs 5th c.BC+ adopt a more moderate constitution, Refs 5th c.BC+ but -εστέρως Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative -έσταταRefs 5th c.BC+

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.

self-controlled3×prudent1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	sōfronos	sōfronas	sōfronem	sōfronois	sōfronais	sōfroneim
object accusative	sōfronon2×σώφρονα	sōfronan		sōfronoin1×σώφρονας	sōfronain1×σώφρονας
direct address vocative	sōfronor	sōfronar		sōfronoir	sōfronair
of, belonging to genitive	sōfronou	sōfronau	sōfroneu	sōfronoiu	sōfronaiu	sōfroneiu
to, for dative	sōfrono	sōfrona	sōfrone	sōfronoi	sōfronai	sōfronei

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

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

sōfron 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

Words built on the same stem

Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.

sōfronamō — σωφρονέω, I am sober-minded, exercise self-control

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

sōfronon“prudent”objectaccusative singular2×

1 Timothy 3:2… anepilēmpton arō, henau gunaikau andron, nēfalion, sōfronon, kosmion, filoxenon, didaktikon,… husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

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

sōfronoin“self-controlled”objectaccusative plural1×

Titus 2:2presbutoin nēfalioin arō, semnoin, sōfronoin, hugiainarōntoin ta pistia, ta agapa, ta …… men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and …

sōfronain“self-controlled”objectaccusative plural1×

Titus 2:5sōfronain, hagnain, oikourgain, agathain, hupotassorōntain toi idioi …to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind …