Quick Definition
σώφρων, ον Adj self-controlled, temperate
Strong's Definition
from the base of 4982 and that of 5424; safe (sound) in mind, i.e. self-controlled (moderate as to opinion or passion)
KJV Usage: discreet, sober, temperate
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον · gen. -ονος | σῴζω + φρονέω
88.94 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Sensible Behavior, Senseless Behavior
sensible, sensibly, moderate, moderately (derivative of the stem σωφρο ‘to behave in a sensible manner,’ 88.93) pertaining to being sensible and moderate in one’s behavior In a number of languages terms such as σωφρονισμός[b] (88.93), σωφροσύνη[b] (88.93), σώφρων, and σωφρόνως may be rendered as ‘to have right thoughts about what one should do’ or ‘to let one’s mind guide one’s body.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σώφρων, -ov, (fr. σάος, contr. σῶς [cf. coo, init.], and φρήν. hence the poet. σαόφρων; cf. ἄφρων, ταπεινόφρων, μεγαλόφρων), [fr. Hom. down]; a. of sound mind, sane, in one’s senses, (see σωφρονέω, a. and σωφροσύνη, a.). b. curbing one’s desires and impulses, self-controlled, temperate, [R.V. soberminded], ([ἐπιθυμεῖ 6 σώpov ὧν δεῖ καὶ ὡς δεῖ καὶ Gre, Aristot. eth. Nic. 3, 15 fin.], see σωφροσύνη, b.): 1 Tim. iii. 2; Tit. i. 8; 11, 2, δ." T [T, τ: on the receding of tr in the vocabulary of the N. T. before oa, see under Σ, σ, s.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σώφρων sōphrōn 4x
of a sound mind, sane; temperate, discreet, 1 Tim. 3:2; Tit. 1:8; 2:2; modest, chaste, Tit. 2:5*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** σώφρων, -ον
[in LXX: IV Mac 9 * ;]
of sound mind, sane, sensible;
self-controlled, sober-minded: I Ti 3:2, Tit 1:8 2:2, 5 (Arist.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σώφρων of this same use of σώφρων, as an ideal of womanhood, e.g. BCH xxy. (1901) p. 88 ἡ σόφρων (s7c) καὶ φίλανδρος γυνὴ γενομένη, and 76. xxii. (1898), p. 496, ἡ φίλανδρος καὶ o[a|dpwv ἡ φιλόσοφος ζήσασα κοσμίως (cf. 1 Tim 25). In view of this, and of what is stated σον, σωφροσύνη, we may be allowed to refer to a striking passage in Gilbert Murray’s Rise of the Greek Epic, p. 26, in which σώφρων or σαόφρων, ‘with saving thoughts,” is contrasted with Part VII. ὀλοόφρων, ‘‘ with destructive thoughts.’’ ‘‘ There is a way of thinking which destroys and a way which saves. The man or woman who is séf4r6x walks among the beauties and perils of the world, feeling the love, joy, anger, and the rest; and through all he has that in his mind which saves.—Whom does it save? Not him only, but, as we should say, the whole situation. It saves the imminent evil from coming to be.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σώφρων (sōphrōn) — self-controlled. σώφρων, Epic dialect and poetry σᾰόφρων (as in [Refs 8th c.BC+], ονος, ὁ, ἡ: neuter σῶφρον:—properly of sound mind (from σῶς, φρήν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, discreet, prudent, οὐκ ἄν με σαόφρονα μυθήσαιο ἔμμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἄφρων, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; opposed to νήπιος, [Refs]; opposed to ἀνόητος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. of things, τοῖσι λόγοις σῶφρον ἔπεστιν ἄνθος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. οἶκτος reasonable compassion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σῶφρόν ἐστι with infinitive, [Refs]
II. in Attic dialect, especially having control over the sensual desires, temperate, self-controlled, chaste (σώφρων ὁ μετρίας ἐπιθυμίας ἔχων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γυνὴ σ. [NT+5th c.BC+]
II.2. of things, σ. γνώμη [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. ὑμέναιοι, λέχη, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τράπεζα, δίαιτα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀριστοκρατία moderate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χάρις[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. τὸ σῶφρον, ={σωφροσύνη}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σοῦ τὸ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. adverb -όνως[Refs 5th c.BC+]; δικαίως πράττοντες καὶ σ. [Refs]; σ. ἐφέπεσθαι cautiously, [Refs 5th c.BC+] adopt a more moderate constitution, [Refs 5th c.BC+] but -εστέρως [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -έστατα[Refs 5th c.BC+]