noun · masculine

sōfronismos

Greekσωφρονισμός (sōfronismos)

Strong’sG4995

self-control, self-discipline

stem sōfronism-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

self-discipline1×

What it means

*† σωφρονισμός, -οῦ, ὁ

(< σωφρονίζω),

(a) an admonishing (FlJ, Plut., al.);

(b) self-control, self-discipline: II Ti 1:7 (on the reflexive meaning here, v. Ellic., in l.).†

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

Strong’s G4995 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidso-fron-is-mos'

discipline, i.e. self-control

Fromfrom G4994;

King Jamessound mind.

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	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	sōfronismos	sōfronismois
object accusative	sōfronismon	sōfronismoin
direct address vocative	sōfronismor	sōfronismoir
of, belonging to genitive	sōfronismou1×σωφρονισμοῦ	sōfronismoiu
to, for dative	sōfronismo	sōfronismoi

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

sōfronismstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

sōfronismo 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

sōfronismou“self-discipline”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

2 Timothy 1:7“self-discipline”ouk gar dōata ni tos theos pneumem deiliau, alla dunamiau kai agapau kai sōfronismou.For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.