G1467

ἐγκρατεύομαι 

Transliteration

egkrateuomai;

Pronunciation

eng-krat-yoo'-om-ahee

Parts of Speech

v

Root Word (Etymology)

middle voice from 1468

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: TDNT 2:339

KJV Translation Count — 2x

The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: can contain (1), be temperate (1)

Outline of Biblical Usage

1. to be self-controlled, continent
a. to exhibit self-government, conduct, one's self temperately
b. in a figure drawn from athletes, who in preparing themselves for the games abstained from unwholesome food, wine, and sexual indulgence

Strong's Definitions

eng-krat-yoo'-om-ahee; middle from (1468) (ἐγκρατής); to exercise self-restraint (in diet and chastity): — can ([-not]) contain, be temperate.

Concordance Results Using KJV

But if they G1467not G1467, let them marry: for it is G1467tter to marry than to burn.

KJV

And every man that striveth for the mastery is G1467 in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

KJV