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Koine Greek wordlink #110793

SR GNT Rom 12:3 σωφρονεῖν (sōfronein) ‘to_be thinking in_order that to_be being_sensible to each as god’ Strongs=49930 Lemma=sōfroneō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=present voice=active
Year=60 AD Refers to Word #110716

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Other uses (1) of identical word form σωφρονεῖν (V-NPA····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σωφρονεῖν’ (V-NPA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to_be being_sensible’.

Tit 2:6 ‘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)

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 σωφρονεῖν (V-NPA····) with a gloss related to ‘being_sensible’

MARK 5:15 σωφρονοῦντα (sōfronounta) V-PPA·AMS ‘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)

LUKE 8:35 σωφρονοῦντα (sōfronounta) V-PPA·AMS ‘came_out having_been clothed and being_sensible before the feet’ SR GNT Luke 8:35 word 34

OET-LV: 35 And they _came _out to _see the thing having _become, and they _came to the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), and found the man sitting, from whom the demons came _out, having _been _clothed and being _sensible before the feet of_ the _Yaʸsous, and they _were _afraid. (LUK_8:35)

OET-RV: 35 So lots of people went there to the edge of the lake to see for themselves, and they found the man who’d been demon-possessed now dressed and sitting at Yeshua’s feet with his full faculties, and they were frightened. (LUK 8:35)

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)

Key: V=verb