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To train

σωφρονίζωStrong’s G4994

sōphronizō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Sōphronizō is the Greek word usually translated “may train”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,”
Titus 2:4 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “may train”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • they may train 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Titus 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    σωφρονίζω sōphronizō · to train

    σωφρονίζω [in Aq.: Isa.38:16 * ;] to make σώφρων, recall one to his senses, control (RV, train): with accusative of person(s), Tit.2:4.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “train” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    TRAIN, verb transitive

    [Latin traho, to draw?]

    1. To draw along.
    2. Top draw; to entice; to allure.
    3. To draw by artifice or stratagem.
    4. To draw from act to act by persuasion or promise.
    All definitions and other forms of “train”
    1. To exercise; to discipline; to teach and form by practice; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms and to tactics. Genesis 14:14“Abram armed his trained servants” Genesis 14:14
    2. To break, tame and accustom to draw; as oxen.
    3. In gardening, to lead or direct and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape by growth, lopping or pruning; as, to train young trees.
    4. In mining, to trace a lode or any mineral appearance to its head.“old he will not depart from it” Proverbs 22:6

    TRAIN, noun

    Artifice; stratagem of enticement.

    1. Something drawn along behind, the end of a gown, etc.; as the train of a gown or robe.
    2. The tail of a fowl.
    3. A retinue; a number of followers or attendants.
    4. A series; a consecution or succession of connected things.
    5. Process; regular method; course.
    6. A company in order; a procession.
    7. The number of beats which a watch makes in any certain time.
    8. A line of gunpowder, laid to lead fire to a charge, or to a quantity intended for execution.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.