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G1594 ἐκνήφω (eknḗphō)
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Quick Definition

ἐκνήφω v. I return to soberness of mind

Strong's Definition

from 1537 and 3525; (figuratively) to rouse (oneself) out of stupor

KJV Usage: awake

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | νήφω

30.26 · Think · To Think, Thought

to come to one’s right senses, to change to a proper state of mind to change to a state of control over one’s thought processes The equivalent of ‘to come to one’s senses’ may be in some languages ‘to think again as one should think’ or ‘to no longer have crazy ideas.’

1CO 15:34

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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, 1 Cor. 15:34*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† ἐκ-νήφω

[in LXX: Ge 9:24, Hb 2:7 (יָקַץ), Jl 1:5, Hb 2:19 (קַיץ hi.), I Ki 25:37 (יָצָא), Si 34 (31)2* ;]

to become sober after drunkenness: metaph., of sobriety of mind, I Co 15:34.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐκνήφω. Nageli (p. 33) reckons this strong non-classical word as belonging to the higher Kow® and pointing to Paul’s true Hellenism. In 1 Cor 15%4, the only place where it occurs in the NT, ἐκνήψατε should have its full force, “ get sober out of your drunken condition.”’

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐκνήφω (eknēphō) — to wake up. ἐκνήφω, future -ψω[LXX]:—sleep off a drunken fit, become sober again, [same place], Hippoloch. cited in [NT+1st c.AD+]: with genitive, recover from, χάρμῃ ἐ. τῆς δυσθυμίης [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. transitive, carry off, ἀρρώστημα ἐκνήψει ὕπνος [LXX]

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