noun · feminine
sōfrosunas
Strong’sG4997
sanity, sobriety
stem sōfrosun-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 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.
** σωφροσύνη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX: Es 3:13, Wi 8:7, II Mac 4:37, IV Mac 6 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4997 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidso-fros-oo'-nay
soundness of mind, i.e. (literally) sanity or (figuratively) self-control
Fromfrom G4998;
King Jamessoberness, sobriety.
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
Doric dialect σωφροσ-ύνα, Epic dialect and poetry σᾰοφροσύνη (as in Refs 8th c.BC+ and in later poetry, Refs, ἡ, soundness of mind, prudence, discretion, Refs 8th c.BC+; the common form first in Refs 6th c.BC+; sanity, opposed to μανία, NT+5th c.BC+
2 moderation in sensual desires, selfcontrol, temperance, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. τὸ περὶ τὰς γυναῖκας (i.e. ἔργον) NT+5th c.BC+
3 in a political sense, a moderate form of government, Refs 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.
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | sōfrosunas | sōfrosunais |
| object accusative | sōfrosunan | sōfrosunain |
| direct address vocative | sōfrosunar | sōfrosunair |
| of, belonging to genitive | sōfrosunau3×σωφροσύνης | sōfrosunaiu |
| to, for dative | sōfrosuna | sōfrosunai |
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
sōfrosuna 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
sōfrosunau“sober”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
Acts 26:25“sober”… fēatō, kratistor Fēstor, alla alētheiau kai sōfrosunau rēmeim apofthengomō.… not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.
1 Timothy 2:9“propriety”… en katastola kosmia meta aidōau kai sōfrosunau kosmarō heautain, mē en plegmei kai …… women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or …
1 Timothy 2:15… pistia kai agapa kai hagiasmo meta sōfrosunau.… in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.