Egkrateuomai

eng-krat-yoo'-om-ahee
Verb
  1. to be self-controlled, continent
    1. to exhibit self-government, conduct, one's self temperately
    2. in a figure drawn from athletes, who in preparing themselves for the games abstained from unwholesome food, wine, and sexual indulgence
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
ejgkrateuvomai
Origin
middle voice from (1468)
Strong's Number
1467
TDNT Entry
2:339,196
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KJV Word Usage

can contain
1
be temperate
1
Total
2

KJV Verse Count

2
Total
2

Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Egkrateuomai". "The KJV New Testament Greek Lexicon". . .