Strong’s G4998 · Greek
σώφρων
sṓphrōn · so'-frone
Origin from the base of σώζω (G4982) and that of φρήν (G5424);
Meaning safe (sound) in mind, i.e. self-controlled (moderate as to opinion or passion)
In the King James Version discreet, sober, temperate.
In 4 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;
- Titus 1:8But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
- Titus 2:2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
- Titus 2:5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
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.