Lexical Summary nēphaleos: sober Original Word: νηφαλέοςTransliteration: nēphaleos Phonetic Spelling: (nay-fal'-eh-os) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: sober Meaning: sober Strong's Concordance sober. Or nephalios (nay-fal'-ee-os) from nepho; sober, i.e. (figuratively) circumspect -- sober. see GREEK nepho Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3524: νηφαλέοςνηφαλέος (so Rec.st in 1 Timothy 3:2, 11 (where Rec.bez νηφαλαιος), after a later form) and νηφάλιος (alone well attested (Hort)), νηφάλεον (in Greek authors generally of three term.; from νήφω), sober, temperate; abstaining from wine, either entirely (Josephus, Antiquities 3, 12, 2) or at least from its immoderate use: 1 Timothy 3:2, 11; Titus 2:2. (In secular authors, especially Aeschylus and Plutarch, of things free from all infusion or addition of wine, as vessels, offerings, etc.) |
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