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Koine Greek wordlink #149679

SR GNT 1Pet 1:13 νήφοντες (naʸfontes) ‘of the mind of you_all being_sober completely hope on’ Strongs=35250 Lemma=nēfō
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=present voice=active case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural
Refers to Word #149440

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Only use of identical word form νήφοντες (V-PPA.NMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘νήφοντες’ (V-PPA.NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘being_sober’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘nēfō’ have 5 different glosses: ‘be being_sober’, ‘may_be being_sober’, ‘we may_be being_sober’, ‘be_sober’, ‘being_sober’.

Greek words (3) other than νήφοντες (V-PPA.NMP) with a gloss related to ‘being_sober’

1TH 5:6 νήφωμεν (naʸfōmen) V-SPA1..P ‘but we may_be watching and we may_be being_sober’ SR GNT 1Th 5:6 word 12

1TH 5:8 νήφωμεν (naʸfōmen) V-SPA1..P ‘but of the day being may_be being_sober having dressed_in the breastplate of faith’ SR GNT 1Th 5:8 word 5

2TIM 4:5 νῆφε (naʸfe) V-MPA2..S ‘you but be being_sober in all things suffer_hardship’ SR GNT 2Tim 4:5 word 3

Key: V=verb MPA2..S=imperative,present,active,2nd person singular PPA.NMP=participle,present,active,nominative,masculine,plural SPA1..P=subjunctive,present,active,1st person plural