ΝΗΦΕΙΝ, νηφειν
NĒPHEIN, nēphein
Sounds Like: NEE-fain
Translations: to be sober, to be self-controlled, to be temperate, to be watchful
From the root: ΝΗΦΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to be sober, not necessarily in the sense of abstaining from alcohol, but more broadly to be clear-headed, self-controlled, and vigilant. It implies a state of mental alertness and spiritual watchfulness, often used in contexts encouraging prudence and self-restraint. It can be used to describe someone who is calm and composed, or who is exercising good judgment.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3525 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:209
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΗΦΩ.
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.
- ΝΗΦ — be sober, be temperate, be watchful, be self-controlled
- ΝΗΦΕ — be sober, be watchful, be self-controlled, be temperate
- ΝΗΦΟΝΤΕΣ — being sober, sober, being temperate, temperate
- ΝΗΦΟΝΤΙ — (to) a sober one, (to) one who is sober, (to) a vigilant one, (to) one who is vigilant
- ΝΗΦΩ — be sober, be temperate, be calm, be self-controlled
- ΝΗΦΩΜΕ — let us be sober, let us be self-controlled, let us be temperate, let us be calm, let us be watchful
- ΝΗΦΩΜΕΝ — let us be sober, let us be self-controlled, let us be temperate, let us be watchful
- ΝΗΦΩΝ — sober, watchful, vigilant, a sober one, a watchful one
- ΝΗΨ — sober, temperate, watchful, alert
- ΝΗΨΑΝΤΕΣ — being sober, having become sober, being watchful, having become watchful, being self-controlled, having become self-controlled
- ΝΗΨΑΤΕ — be sober, sober up, be self-controlled, be watchful, be vigilant
- ΝΗΨΩΜΕΝ — let us be sober, let us be watchful, let us be self-controlled
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