STRONGS G4997:
σωφροσύνη,
σωφροσύνης,
ἡ (
σώφρων), fr;
Homer (where
σαοφροσυνη) down;
a. soundness of mind (opposed to
μανία,
Xenophon, mem. 1, 1, 16;
Plato, Prot., p. 323 b.):
ῤήματα σωφροσύνης, words of sanity (
A. V. soberness),
Acts 26:25.
b. self-control, sobriety (ea virtus, cujus propriam est, motus animi appetentes regere et sedare semperque adversantem libidini moderntam in omni re servare constantiam,
Cicero, Tusc. 3, 8, 17;
ἡ σωφροσύνη ἐστι καί ἡδονῶν τινων καί ἐπιθυμιῶν ἐγκράτεια,
Plato, rep. 4, 430 e.; cf. Phaedo, p. 68 c.; sympos., p. 196c.; (
Diogenes Laërtius 3, 91; 4 Macc. 1:31;
σωφροσύνη δέ ἀρετή δἰ ἥν πρός τάς ἡδονάς τοῦ σώματος οὕτως ἔχουσιν ὡς ὁ νόμος κελευει,
ἀκολασία δέ τοὐναντίον,
Aristotle, rhet. 1, 9, 9):
1 Timothy 2:15; joined with
αἰδώς (as in
Xenophon, Cyril 8, 1, 30f) ibid. 9; (cf.
Trench, N. T. Synonyms, § xx., and see
αἰδώς).
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