Nephaleos means “sober” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3524 — kabbir (“mighty”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3524 νηφάλεος (nephaleos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. nephaleos (nay-fal'-eh-os) (or nephalios nay-fal'-ee-os) adj. 1. sober 2. (figuratively) circumspect It has 3 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include sober. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
nephaleos (nay-fal'-eh-os) (or nephalios nay-fal'-ee-os) adj. 1. sober 2. (figuratively) circumspect [from G3525] KJV: sober Root(s): G3525
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3524. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
sober
Usage: νηφάλιος (-λεος, Rec., in 1Ti, ll. with), -ον (in cl., -α, -ον), (νήφω), __1. in cl., of drink, not mixed with wine. __2. In later writers (Plut., al.), of persons, sober, temperate: 1Ti.3:2 3:11, Tit.2:2.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render nephaleos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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3 indexed usages in New Testament.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3524.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3524, grouped by book.
Nephaleos (Strong's G3524) is a Greek word most simply glossed "sober". nephaleos (nay-fal'-eh-os) (or nephalios nay-fal'-ee-os) adj. 1. sober 2. (figuratively) circumspect
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's G3524 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3524 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sober. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.