Strong's Greek · G4998

σώφρων

sṓphrōn

discreet, sober, temperate

Definition

safe (sound) in mind, i.e. self-controlled (moderate as to opinion or passion)

Derivation

from the base of G4982 (σώζω) and that of G5424 (φρήν);

Appears 4 times in Scripture

Titus 1:8

Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

Titus 2:2

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.

Titus 2:5

to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.

1 Timothy 3:2

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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