Strong’s G4997 · Greek
σωφροσύνη
sōphrosýnē · so-fros-oo'-nay
Origin from σώφρων (G4998);
Meaning soundness of mind, i.e. (literally) sanity or (figuratively) self-control
In the King James Version soberness, sobriety.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 26:25But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
- 1 Timothy 2:9In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
- 1 Timothy 2:15Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
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.