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νηφάλιος

MainId: 003428000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: ν

StrongCodes: G3524

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 003428001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: adjc.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: νηφάλιος

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -α, -ον

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'νήφω', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 003428001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 88.87

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

      LEXSubDomains: Self-Control, Lack of Self-Control

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-10 16:13:32

         DefinitionShort: (derivative of {L:νήφω}[b] ‘to be restrained,’ {D:88.86}) pertaining to behaving in a sober, restrained manner

         Glosses: ['sober', 'restrained']

         Comments: In a number of languages νηφάλιος may be idiomatically rendered as ‘one who holds himself in’ or ‘one who always has a halter on himself.’

      LEXReferences: 1TIM 3:2, 1TIM 3:11, TIT 2:2