Quick Definition
ἐκνήφω v. I return to soberness of mind
Strong's Definition
(figuratively) to rouse (oneself) out of stupor
Derivation: from G1537 (ἐκ) and G3525 (νήφω);
KJV Usage: awake
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | νήφω
30.26 · Think · To Think, Thought
to come to one’s right senses, to change to a proper state of mind to change to a state of control over one’s thought processes The equivalent of ‘to come to one’s senses’ may be in some languages ‘to think again as one should think’ or ‘to no longer have crazy ideas.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκνήφω eknēphō 1x
pr. to awake sober after intoxication; met. to shake off mental bewilderment, to wake up from delusion and folly, 1 Cor. 15:34*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἐκ-νήφω
[in LXX: Ge 9:24, Hb 2:7 (יָקַץ), Jl 1:5, Hb 2:19 (קַיץ hi.), I Ki 25:37 (יָצָא), Si 34 (31)2* ;]
to become sober after drunkenness: metaph., of sobriety of mind, I Co 15:34.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐκνήφω. Nageli (p. 33) reckons this strong non-classical word as belonging to the higher Kow® and pointing to Paul’s true Hellenism. In 1 Cor 15%4, the only place where it occurs in the NT, ἐκνήψατε should have its full force, “ get sober out of your drunken condition.”’
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐκνήφω (eknēphō) — to wake up. ἐκνήφω, future -ψω[LXX]:—sleep off a drunken fit, become sober again, [same place], Hippoloch. cited in [NT+1st c.AD+]: with genitive, recover from, χάρμῃ ἐ. τῆς δυσθυμίης [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. transitive, carry off, ἀρρώστημα ἐκνήψει ὕπνος [LXX]