Quick Definition
I return to soberness of mind
Strong's Definition
(figuratively) to rouse (oneself) out of stupor
Derivation: from G1537 (ἐκ) and G3525 (νήφω);
KJV Usage: awake
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκνήφω: 1 aorist ἐξενηψα;
a. properly, to return to oneself from drunkenness, become sober (Gen_9:24; (1Sa_25:37); Joe_1:5; (Sir_34:2 (Sir_31:2)); Lynceus quoted in Ath. 4, 5, p. 130 b.).
b. metaphorically, to return to soberness of mind (cf. ἀνανήφω): 1Co_15:34 (Plutarch, Demosthenes 20).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκνήφω eknēphō 1x
pr. to awake sober after intoxication; met. to shake off mental bewilderment, to wake up from delusion and folly, 1Co_15:34
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἐκ -νήφω ,
[in LXX : Gen_9:24 , Hab_2:7 ( H3364 ), Joe_1:5 , Hab_2:19 ( H3364 hi .), 1Sa_25:37 ( H3318 ), Sir_31:2 * ;]
to become sober after drunkenness: metaph ., of sobriety of mind, 1Co_15:34 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐκνήφω [page 196]
Nδgeli (p. 33) reckons this strong non-classical word as belonging to the higher Κοινή and pointing to Paul s true Hellenism. In 1Co_15:34 , the only place where it occurs in the NT, ἐκνήψατε should have its full force, get sober out of your drunken condition.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐκνήφω fut. ψω "to sleep off a drunken fit, become sober again", Anth.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-νήφω
[in LXX: Gen.9:24, Hab.2:7 (יָקַץ), Jol.1:5, Hab.2:19 (יָקַץ hi.), 1Ki.25:37 (יָצָא), Sir.31:2 * ;]
to become sober after drunkenness: metaphorically, of sobriety of mind, 1Co.15:34.†
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