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Strong's #3524: nestis (pronounced nace'-tis)

from 3525; sober, i.e. (figuratively) circumspect:--sober.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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nēphaleos / nēphalios

1) sober, temperate

1a) abstaining from wine, either entirely or at least from its immoderate use

1b) of things free from all wine, as vessels, offerings

Part of Speech: adjective

Relation: from G3525

Citing in TDNT: 4:939, 633




Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

1 Timothy 3:2: "the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;"
1 Timothy 3:11: "be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things."
Titus 2:2: "That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity,"









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