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  "type": "word",
  "id": "G4997",
  "lemma": "σωφροσύνη",
  "transliteration": "sōphrosýnē",
  "definition": "soundness of mind, i.e. (literally) sanity or (figuratively) self-control",
  "kjv": "soberness, sobriety",
  "occurrences": 12,
  "language": "Greek",
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    {
      "id": "G4998",
      "lemma": "σώφρων",
      "transliteration": "sṓphrōn",
      "meaning": "safe",
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    {
      "reference": "Acts 26:25",
      "text": "But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/26?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Timothy 2:9",
      "text": "In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety, not with braided…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-timothy/2?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Timothy 2:15",
      "text": "but she will be saved through her childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness with sobriety.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-timothy/2?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Wisdom of Solomon 8:7",
      "text": "If a man loves righteousness, the fruits of wisdom’s labor are virtues, for she teaches soberness, understanding…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/8?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 4:37",
      "text": "Antiochus therefore was heartily sorry, and was moved to pity, and wept, because of the sober and well ordered life of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/4?v=37"
    },
    {
      "reference": "4 Maccabees 1:3",
      "text": "If, then, reasoning appears to hold the mastery over the emotions which stand in the way of temperance, such as…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/1?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "4 Maccabees 1:6",
      "text": "For reasoning does not rule over its own emotions, but over those that are contrary to justice, courage, temperance…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/1?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "4 Maccabees 1:18",
      "text": "The forms of wisdom are self-control, justice, courage, and temperance.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/1?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "4 Maccabees 1:30",
      "text": "For reasoning is the leader of the virtues, but it is the sole ruler of the emotions. Observe then first, through the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/1?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "4 Maccabees 1:31",
      "text": "Now temperance consists of a command over the lusts.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/1?v=31"
    }
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