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2.
(
$
!
, 4993), akin to A, is rendered “to think soberly,” Rom.
12:3; “to be sober,” 2 Cor. 5:13; “to be soberminded,” Titus 2:6; in 1 Pet. 4:7,
KJV
“be ye
sober” (
RV
, “of sound mind”); see
MIND
, B, No. 5.
3.
(
$
&
, 4994) denotes “to cause to be of sound mind, to recall to
one’s senses”; in Titus 2:4,
RV
, it is rendered “they may train” (
KJV
, “they may teach …
to be sober,” marg., “wise”); “train” expresses the meaning more adequately; the training
would involve the cultivation of sound judgment and prudence.¶
C. Adverb.
(
$
, 4996), akin to A and B, Nos. 2 and 3, “soberly,” occurs in
Titus 2:12; it suggests the exercise of that self-restraint that governs all passions and
desires, enabling the believer to be conformed to the mind of Christ.¶
Note:
For the phrase “to think soberly,” see B, No. 2.
SOBERNESS, SOBRIETY
$
(
$ "
, 4997) denotes “soundness of mind” (see
SOBER
, A), Acts
26:25, “soberness”; 1 Tim. 2:9, 15, “sobriety”; “sound judgment” practically expresses
the meaning; “it is that habitual inner self-government, with its constant rein on all the
passions and desires, which would hinder the temptation to these from arising, or at all
events from arising in such strength as would overbear the checks and barriers which
(shamefastness) opposed to it” (Trench
- !
Sec.xx, end).¶
For
SOFT
see
EFFEMINATE
For
SOFTLY
see
BLOW
(Verb), No. 2
SOJOURN, SOJOURNER, SOJOURNING
A. Verbs.
1.
(
$
!
, 3939) denotes “to dwell beside, among or by” (
,
“beside,”
, “to dwell”); then, “to dwell in a place as a
, a stranger” (see
below), Luke 24:18,
RV
, “Dost thou (alone) sojourn …?” [marg., “Dost thou sojourn
(alone)” is preferable],
KJV
, “art thou (only) a stranger?” (
, “alone,” is an adjective,
not an adverb); in Heb. 11:9,
RV
, “he became a sojourner” (
KJV
, “he sojourned”), the
RV
gives the force of the aorist tense.¶
2.
(
#
!
, 1927) is rendered “to sojourn” in Acts 17:21,
RV
.
B. Adjectives.
1.
(
1$
, 3941), an adjective, akin to A, No. 1, lit., “dwelling near” (see
above), then, “foreign, alien” (found with this meaning in inscriptions), hence, as a noun,
“a sojourner,” is used with
, “to be,” in Acts 7:6, “should sojourn,” lit., “should be a
sojourner”; in 7:29,
RV
, “sojourner” (
KJV
, “stranger”); in Eph. 2:19,
RV
, “sojourners”
(
KJV
, “foreigners”), the preceding word rendered “strangers” is
@ ;
in 1 Pet. 2:11,
RV
,
ditto (
KJV
, “strangers”).¶
2.
(
, 590), “gone abroad” ( , “from,”
, “people”),
signifies “sojourning in another country,” Mark 13:34,
RV
(
KJV
, “taking a far journey”).¶