noun · feminine

sōfrosunas

Greekσωφροσύνη (sōfrosunē)

Strong’sG4997

sanity, sobriety

stem sōfrosun-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

propriety1×self-control1×sober1×

What it means

** σωφροσύνη, -ης, ἡ

[in LXX: Es 3:13, Wi 8:7, II Mac 4:37, IV Mac 6 *;]

(a) soundness of mind, good sense, sanity (opp. to μανία, Xen.): Ac 26:25;

(b) self-control, sobriety: I Ti 2:9 (v. Tr., Syn., § xx), ib. 15.†

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.

Every form

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

sōfrosunstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

sōfrosunau“sober”of, belonging togenitive singular3×

Acts 26:25“sober”tos de Paulos; Ouk mainemō, fēatō, kratistor Fēstor, alla alētheiau kai sōfrosunau rēmeim apofthengemō.But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.

1 Timothy 2:9“propriety”hōsautōs kai gunaikain en katastola kosmia meta aidōau kai sōfrosunau kosmarō heautain, mē en plegmei kai chrusie ē margaritoi ē himatismo polutelo,Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

1 Timothy 2:15“self-control”sōziti de dia tau teknogoniau, ean menaleia en pistia kai agapa kai hagiasmo meta sōfrosunau.Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.