Original Word: ἐκνήφω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: eknéphó
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-nay'-fo)
Definition: to become sober (after drunkenness)
Usage: I return to soberness of mind.

1594 eknḗphō (from 1537 /ek, "wholly out of" and 3525 /nḗphō, "be sober") – properly, delivered out of drunkenness and to sobriety (seriousness), i.e. with the awareness outcome of being responsibly aware; (figuratively) aroused (awakened) out of the stupor of spiritual delusion (apathy); "to come to one's senses" (L & N, 1, 30.26); sober-minded because "snapped out of" the intoxicating influence of sin (darkness) and brought into keen alertness of spiritual truth (conviction, faith, etc.). 1594 (eknḗphō) is only used in 1 Cor 15:34.

Word Origin
from ek and néphó
Definition
to become sober (after drunkenness)
NASB Translation
become sober-minded (1).

STRONGS NT 1594: ἐκνήφω

ἐκνήφω: 1 aorist ἐξενηψα;

a. properly, to return to oneself from drunkenness, become sober (Genesis 9:24; (1 Samuel 25:37); Joel 1:5; (Sir. 34:2 (Sir. 31:2)); Lynceus quoted in Ath. 4, 5, p. 130 b.).

b. metaphorically, to return to soberness of mind (cf. ἀνανήφω): 1 Corinthians 15:34 (Plutarch, Demosthenes 20).

to come to one's senses

From ek and nepho; (figuratively) to rouse (oneself) out of stupor -- awake.

see GREEK ek

see GREEK nepho

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