G3524

νηφαλέος

nēphaleosG:A

sober

νηφάλιος (-λεος, Rec., in 1Ti, ll. with), -ον (in cl., -α, -ον), (νήφω), __1. in cl., of drink, not mixed with wine. __2. In later writers (Plut., al.), of persons, sober, temperate: 1Ti.3:2 3:11, Tit.2:2.† (AS)

The KJV translates G3524 in the following manner:

sober (2x), vigilant (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

νηφάλεος — nēpháleos

νηφαλέος (so Rec.st in 1Ti 3:2; 1Ti 3:11 (where Rec.bez νηφαλαιος), after a later form) and νηφάλιος (alone well attested (Hort)), νηφάλεον (in Greek authors generally of three term.; from νήφω), sober, temperate; abstaining from wine, either entirely (Josephus, Antiquities 3, 12, 2) or at least from its immoderate use: 1Ti 3:2; 1Ti 3:11; Tit 2:2. (In secular authors, especially Aeschylus and Plutarch, of things free from all infusion or addition of wine, as vessels, offerings, etc.)

3 occurrences

I Timothy (2), Titus (1)