Strongs Number: G1467
- Greek Word
- ἐγκρατεύομαι
- Transliteration
- egkrateuomai
- Phonetic
- eng-krat-yoo'-om-ahee
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to exercise self restraint (in diet and chastity)
- Thayers Definition
-
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
- Origin
- Middle voice from G1468
- Bible Usage
- can([-not]) contain be temperate.