ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΣΩΝ, σωφρονισων
SŌPHRONISŌN, sōphronisōn
Sounds Like: soh-froh-NEE-zohn
Translations: disciplining, admonishing, teaching self-control, making sober-minded
From the root: ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle of the verb 'σωφρονίζω'. It describes someone who is in the act of disciplining, admonishing, or teaching self-control to another. It implies a corrective or guiding action aimed at fostering prudence and sound judgment. It can be used to describe someone who is bringing another person to their senses or helping them to become more temperate.
Inflection: Masculine, Singular, Nominative, Aorist, Active, Participle
Strong’s number: G4994 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 9:37
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΕ — he was admonishing, he was disciplining, he was teaching self-control, he was bringing to his senses
- ἘΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΣΕΝ — to bring to one's senses, to admonish, to discipline, to correct, to make sober-minded
- ἘΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΣΘΗ — she was disciplined, she was brought to her senses, she was admonished, she was made sober-minded
- ΚΑΚΟΙΣἘΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΟΝΤΟ — they were disciplined by evils, they were brought to their senses by evils, they were chastened by evils
- ΟΝΙΖΩ — to admonish, to exhort, to teach, to train, to discipline, to encourage, to make sober-minded, to restore to one's senses
- ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΕΙΝ — to admonish, to discipline, to teach self-control, to bring to one's senses, to correct
- ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΗΤΑΙ — be brought to reason, be disciplined, be admonished, be corrected, be taught self-control
- ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΣ — being brought to one's senses, being disciplined, being admonished, being made sober-minded, being self-controlled
- ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΥ — of one being disciplined, of one being admonished, of one being brought to their senses, of one being sobered, of one being corrected
- ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΟΥΣΙ — they admonish, they teach to be self-controlled, they restore to one's senses, they discipline, they correct
- ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΩ — to admonish, to exhort, to teach self-control, to discipline, to bring to one's senses, to make sober-minded
- ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΩΣΙ — to admonish, to exhort, to encourage, to teach, to train, to make sober-minded, to bring to one's senses
- ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΖΩΣΙΝ — they may admonish, they may teach self-control, they may discipline, they may train, they may restore to their senses
- ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΣΑΙ — to admonish, to correct, to discipline, to bring to one's senses, to make sober-minded
- ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΣΘΕΙΕΝ — might be disciplined, might be brought to their senses, might be made sober-minded, might be taught self-control
- ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΣΘΕΝΤΕΣ — having been disciplined, having been brought to their senses, having been admonished, having been taught self-control
- ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΣΘΗΤΕ — be disciplined, be brought to your senses, be sober-minded, be self-controlled, be admonished
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