Dictionary entry

νηφάλιος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* νηφάλιος (-λεος, Rec., in I Ti 3:2, 11), -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: I Ti 3:2, 11, Tit 2:2.†