ἐγκρατεύομαι
enkrateúomai
“to exercise self-restraint (in diet and chastity)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to exercise self-restraint (in diet and chastity)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to possess the power of self-control or continence, 1 Cor. 7:9; to practise abstinence, 1 Cor. 9:25*
Translated in KJV as
can(-not) containbe temperate
Etymology
middle voice from G1468 (ἐγκρατής);
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