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Koine Greek wordlink #45753

SR GNT Luke 8:35 σωφρονοῦντα (sōfronounta) ‘came_out having_been clothed and being_sensible before the feet’ Strongs=49930 Lemma=sōfroneō
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=present voice=active case=accusative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Gadarene_Demoniacs

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Other uses (1) of identical word form σωφρονοῦντα (V-PPA·AMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σωφρονοῦντα’ (V-PPA·AMS) is always and only glossed as ‘being_sensible’.

Mark 5:15 ‘sitting having_been clothed and being_sensible the one having had the’ SR GNT Mark 5:15 word 17

OET-LV: 15 And they _are _coming to the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), and they _are _observing the man being _demon _possessed sitting, having _been _clothed and being _sensible, the one having _had the Many _thousands, and they _were _afraid. (MRK_5:15)

OET-RV: 15 When they arrived where Yeshua was, they saw the man who had been demon-possessed fully-clothed and sitting there in full control of his senses. They knew it was the man called ‘Thousands’ and they became frightened. (MRK 5:15)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘sōfroneō’ have 4 different glosses: ‘to_be being_sensible’, ‘we are being_sensible’, ‘be_sensible’, ‘being_sensible’.

Greek words (3) other than σωφρονοῦντα (V-PPA·AMS) with a gloss related to ‘being_sensible’

ROM 12:3 σωφρονεῖν (sōfronein) V-NPA···· ‘to_be thinking in_order that to_be being_sensible to each as god’ SR GNT Rom 12:3 word 24

OET-LV: 3 For/Because I _am _saying through the grace which having _been _given to _me, to _everyone which being among you _all, not to _be _over _esteeming beyond what it _is _fitting to _be _thinking, but to _be _thinking in _order that to _be _being _sensible, to _each as the god allotted a_measure of _faith. (ROM_12:3)

OET-RV: 3 Because of the grace which has been given to me, I am saying that every one of you should not think of yourself to be more esteemed than what’s appropriate, but rather to be sensible about what you think of yourselves according to how much faith God has allotted to each of you. (ROM 12:3)

2 COR 5:13 σωφρονοῦμεν (sōfronoumen) V-IPA1··P ‘we flipped_out to god it_is or we are being_sensible for you_all it_is’ SR GNT 2 Cor 5:13 word 6

OET-LV: 13 For/Because whether we _flipped _out, to_god it _is, or we _are _being _sensible, for _you _all it _is. (CO2_5:13)

OET-RV: 13 If we’re being crazy, it’s to serve God, or if we’re being sensible, it’s for all of you, (CO2 5:13)

TIT 2:6 σωφρονεῖν (sōfronein) V-NPA···· ‘younger men likewise be exhorting to_be being_sensible’ SR GNT Tit 2:6 word 5

OET-LV: 6 The younger men likewise be _exhorting to _be _being _sensible, (TIT_2:6)

OET-RV: 6 Also encourage younger men to be sensible. (TIT 2:6)

Key: V=verb