King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3524
Transliteration: nēphaleos
Phonetic Spelling: (nay-fal'-eh-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: sober
Meaning: sober
νηφαλέος (so Rec.st in 1 Timothy 3:2, 11 (where Rec.bez νηφαλαιος), after a later form) and νηφάλιος (alone well attested (Hort)), νηφάλεον (in Greek authors generally of three term.; from νήφω), sober, temperate; abstaining from wine, either entirely (Josephus, Antiquities 3, 12, 2) or at least from its immoderate use: 1 Timothy 3:2, 11; Titus 2:2. (In secular authors, especially Aeschylus and Plutarch, of things free from all infusion or addition of wine, as vessels, offerings, etc.)
Word Summary
nēphaleos: sober
Original Word: νηφαλέοςTransliteration: nēphaleos
Phonetic Spelling: (nay-fal'-eh-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: sober
Meaning: sober
Strong's Concordance
sober. Or nephalios (nay-fal'-ee-os) from nepho; sober, i.e. (figuratively) circumspect -- sober.
see GREEK nepho
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3524: νηφαλέοςνηφαλέος (so Rec.st in 1 Timothy 3:2, 11 (where Rec.bez νηφαλαιος), after a later form) and νηφάλιος (alone well attested (Hort)), νηφάλεον (in Greek authors generally of three term.; from νήφω), sober, temperate; abstaining from wine, either entirely (Josephus, Antiquities 3, 12, 2) or at least from its immoderate use: 1 Timothy 3:2, 11; Titus 2:2. (In secular authors, especially Aeschylus and Plutarch, of things free from all infusion or addition of wine, as vessels, offerings, etc.)