King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4994
Transliteration: sōphronizō
Phonetic Spelling: (so-fron-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to recall one to his senses, admonish
Meaning: to recall one to his senses, admonish
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.
Word Summary
sōphronizō: to recall one to his senses, admonish
Original Word: σωφρονίζωTransliteration: sōphronizō
Phonetic Spelling: (so-fron-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to recall one to his senses, admonish
Meaning: to recall one to his senses, admonish
Strong's Concordance
correct, discipline, teach to be sober. From sophron; to make of sound mind, i.e. (figuratively) to discipline or correct -- teach to be sober.
see GREEK sophron
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4994: σωφρονίζωσωφρονίζω, 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.