The Linked Word ProjectStrong's Number G1467
ἐγκρατεύομαι
egkrateuomai · eng-krat-yoo'-om-ahee
Transliteration:
egkrateuomai{eng-krat-yoo'-om-ahee}
Word Origin:
middle voice from 1468
TDNT:
2:339,196
Part of Speech:
verb
Strong's Definition:
to exercise self-restraint (in diet and chastity)
Usage in the KJV:
can contain 1, be temperate 1
Total: 2
Occurs 2 times in the Greek text.
Total: 2
Occurs 2 times in the Greek text.
Definition:
- to be self-controlled, continent
- to exhibit self-government, conduct, one's self temperately
- in a figure drawn from athletes, who in preparing themselves for the games abstained from unwholesome food, wine, and sexual indulgence