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
Appears 4 times in Scripture
“Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.”
“Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.”
“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.”
“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).