νήφω to be sober, abstain from wine; metaphorically, of moral alertness, to be sober, calm, circumspect: 1Th.5:6 5:8, 2Ti.4:5 (see Ellic., in l), 1Pe.1:13 4:7 5:8 (cf. ἐκ-, ἐκ-νήφω, and see MM, xvii).† SYN.: ἀγρυπνέω, γρηγορέω (AS)
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G3525 — νήφω
nēphō · be sober · Greek
6 tagged verse occurrences
1 Thessalonians 5:6 · νήφωμεν.so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,1 Thessalonians 5:8 · νήφωμενand we, being of the day—let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet—a hope of salvation,2 Timothy 4:5 · νῆφεAnd thou—watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,1 Peter 1:13 · νήφοντες,Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,1 Peter 4:7 · νήψατεAnd of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,1 Peter 5:8 · νήψατε,Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,