ἐγκράτεια
enkráteia
“self-control (especially continence)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
self-control (especially continence)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
self-control, continence, temperance, Acts 24:25; Gal. 4:23; 2 Pet. 1:6*
Translated in KJV as
temperance
Etymology
from G1468 (ἐγκρατής);
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