Strong's Number G1467

Strong's Number:

G1467

Greek:

ἐγκρατεύομαι

Transliteration:

egkrateuomai

Pronunciation:

eng-krat-yoo'-om-ahee

Part of Speech:

Verb

Strong's Definition:

middle voice from G1468; to exercise self-restraint (in diet and chastity):--can(-not) contain, be temperate.

IPD Definition:

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

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