ΝΗΦΑΛΑΙΟ, νηφαλαιο
NĒPHALAIO, nēphalaio
Sounds Like: nay-FAH-lah-yoh
Translations: sober, temperate, vigilant, watchful, a sober person, a temperate person
From the root: ΝΗΦΑΛΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is sober, not intoxicated, and by extension, someone who is self-controlled, temperate, and vigilant in their conduct and thinking. It implies a state of mental clarity and watchfulness, often used in a moral or spiritual sense to describe a person who is alert and discerning, not easily swayed or distracted. It can be used to describe a quality or characteristic of a person.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3524 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΗΦΑΛΙΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΝΗΦΑΛΙΟ — sober, temperate, self-controlled, watchful, vigilant
- ΝΗΦΑΛΙΟΙ — sober, temperate, vigilant, watchful
- ΝΗΦΑΛΙΟΝ — sober, temperate, self-controlled, vigilant
- ΝΗΦΑΛΙΟΣ — sober, temperate, self-controlled, vigilant, a sober person, a temperate person
- ΝΗΦΑΛΙΟΥΣ — sober, temperate, vigilant, watchful, sober ones, temperate ones
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