egkrateuomai <1467>
egkrateuomai egkrateuomai
| Pronunciation | : | eng-krat-yoo'-om-ahee |
| Origin | : | middle voice from 1468 |
| Reference | : | TDNT - 2:339,196 |
| PrtSpch | : | v (verb) |
| In Greek | : | egkrateuetai 1, egkrateuontai 1 |
| In NET | : | self-control 1, they do have self-control 1 |
| In AV | : | can contain 1, be temperate 1 |
| Count | : | 2 |
| Definition | : |
1) to be self-controlled, continent 1a) to exhibit self-government, conduct, one's self temperately 1b) in a figure drawn from athletes, who in preparing themselves for the games abstained from unwholesome food, wine, and sexual indulgence middle voice from 1468; to exercise self-restraint (in diet and chastity): KJV -- can(-not) contain, be temperate. see GREEK for 1468 |
| Related Hebrew | : | - |
