G1467 ἐγκρατεύομαι

Strong's Greek Concordance · 3 KJV occurrences

ἐγκρατεύομαι

enkrateúomai

Definition

to exercise self-restraint (in diet and chastity)

KJV Renderings

can(-not) contain, be temperate

Derivation / Etymology

middle voice from G1468 (ἐγκρατής);

KJV Verses (3)

1 Corinthians 7:9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
1 Corinthians 7:9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
1 Corinthians 9:25And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.