Strong’s G3524 · Greek
νηφάλεος
nēpháleos · nay-fal'-eh-os
Origin from νήφω (G3525);
Meaning sober, i.e. (figuratively) circumspect
In the King James Version sober.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- 1 Timothy 3:2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
- 1 Timothy 3:11Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
- Titus 2:2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.