G1467Greekἐgkrateýontai

ἐγκρατεύονται

to exercise self-restraint (in diet and chastity)

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Total Occurrences
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Old Testament
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New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1to be self-controlled, continent
  • 2to exhibit self-government, conduct, one's self temperately
  • 3in a figure drawn from athletes, who in preparing themselves for the games abstained from unwholesome food, wine, and sexual indulgence

Etymology & Derivation

middle voice from g1468

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