Strong's G1467

ἐγκρατεύομαι(enkrateúomai)

Language:: Greek (New Testament)

Definition

to exercise self-restraint (in diet and chastity)

Derivation

middle voice from G1468 (ἐγκρατής);

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, ἐγκρατεύομαι is translated as: can(-not) contain, be temperate.

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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.