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Strong's #4994 - σωφρονίζω

Transliteration
sōphronízō
Phonetics
so-fron-id'-zo
Origin
from (G4998)
Parts of Speech
Verb
TDNT
7:1104,1150
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. restore one to his senses
  2. to moderate, control, curb, disciple
  3. to hold one to his duty
  4. to admonish, to exhort earnestly
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (2)
Titus 2
NAS (1)
Titus 1
HCS (1)
Titus 1
BSB (1)
Titus 1
ESV (1)
Titus 1
WEB (2)
Titus 2
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

σωφρον-ίζω,

recall a person to his senses, chasten, E. Fr. 209, Pl. Grg. 478d, X. Cyr. 8.6.16, etc.; ἡ τοιαύτη ἧττα σωφρονίζειν ἱκανή ib. 3.1.20; τοὺς πονηροτάτους αἱ συμφοραὶ ς. D. 25.93: folld. by inf., ἵνα σωφρονίζωσιν τὰς νέας φιλάνδρους εἶναι κτλ. Titus 2:4 : Pass., to be chastened, learn self-control, Th. 6.78, X. Cyr. 3.1.19, etc.

2. of passions, things, etc., ς. τὸ θυμούμενον τῆς γνώμης Antipho 2.3.3; οὐ τὴν λαγνείαν λιμῷ ς. X. Mem. 2.1.16; ἀμπνοὰς ς. to pant less violently, E. HF 869 (troch.); τῶν κατὰ τὴν πόλιν τι ἐς εὐτέλειαν ς. to reduce the expenses of government at home, Th. 8.1.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

σωφρονίζω, 3 person plural indicative σωφρονιζουσιν, Titus 2:4 L marginal reading T Tr, others, subjunctive σωφρονίζωσι; "to make one σώφρων, restore one to his senses; to moderate, control, curb, discipline; to hold one to his duty; so from Euripides, and Thucydides down; to admonish, to exhort earnestly (R. V. train"): τινα followed by an infinitive Titus 2:4.


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** σωφρονίζω ,

[in Aq.: Isaiah 38:16 *;]

to make σώφρων , recall one to his senses, control (RV, train): c. acc pers., Titus 2:4.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";preciousness,"; ";worth"; (Revelation 18:19), is common as a title : cf. P Amh II. 145.8 (iv/v A.D.) βούλο ]μαι. . . μὴ φορτικὸς. . ὅμως γε [νέσ ]θαι τῇ σῇ τιμιότητι περὶ οἱουδήποτε [πρά ]γματος, ";I desire nevertheless not to weary your honour on any subject"; (Edd.).

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
σωφρονιζωσι σωφρονίζωσι σωφρονίζωσιν sophronizosin sophronízosin sōphronizōsin sōphronízōsin
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