Greek adjective · G4998
σώφρων
sophronso'-frone
self-controlled
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: sṓphrōn
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4998is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4998
safe (sound) in mind, i.e. self-controlled (moderate as to opinion or passion)
The King James renders it: discreet, sober, temperate.
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
sophron is rendered "self-controlled". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Three of the uses stand in Titus, more than in any other book.
- 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 3:2σώφρονα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's four uses are in Titus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- self-controlled4
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| σωφρονέω | sophroneo | be of sound mind | Uses6 |
| σωφροσύνη | sophrosyne | mental soundness | Uses3 |
| σωφρόνως | sophronos | in self-control | Uses1 |
| σωφρονίζω | sophronizo | to train | Uses1 |
| σωφρονισμός | sophronismos | self-discipline | Uses1 |
All 4, 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
- σώφρονα2
- σώφρονας2
The grammar of each form
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular2A-ASM
- adjective · accusative (object) · feminine plural1A-APF
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural1A-APM
1 Timothy
one use
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
- σώφροναsophronaadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: self-controlled
Titus
three uses
Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
- σώφροναsophronaadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: self-controlled
Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.
- σώφροναςsophronasadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: self-controlled
to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
- σώφροναςsophronasadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: self-controlled
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.