Greek adjective · G3524
G3524
in cl., of drink, not mixed with wine.; In later writers (Plut., al.), of persons
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3524is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3524
sober, i.e. (figuratively) circumspect
The King James renders it: sober.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
G3524 is rendered "in cl., of drink, not mixed with wine.; In later writers (Plut., al.), of persons". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Timothy, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "in cl., of drink, not mixed with wine.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Timothy 3:2An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
1 Timothy 3:2νηφάλιον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's three uses are in 1 Timothy.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: in cl., of drink, not mixed with wine., and In later writers (Plut., al.), of persons.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| in cl., of drink, not mixed with wine. | Tagged as
| Where1 Timothy 3:2An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate… |
| In later writers (Plut., al.), of personssober, temperate | Tagged as
| Where1 Timothy 3:2An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- νηφαλίους2
- νηφάλιον1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · accusative (object) · feminine plural1A-APF
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural1A-APM
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular1A-ASM
1 Timothy
two uses
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
- νηφάλιονnephalionadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: sober
In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
- νηφαλίουςnephaliousadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: clear-minded
Titus
one use
Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.
- νηφαλίουςnephaliousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: sober-minded
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.