King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1466
Transliteration: enkrateia
Phonetic Spelling: (eng-krat'-i-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: mastery, self-control
Meaning: mastery, self-control
ἐγκράτεια (see ἐν III. 3), ἐγκρατείας, ἡ, (ἐγκρατής), self-control, Latincontinentia, temperantia (the virtue of one who masters his desires and passions, especially his sensual appetites): Acts 24:25; Galatians 5:23 (22); 2 Peter 1:6. (Xenophon, Plato, and following; Sir. 18:29; 4 Macc. 5:34.)
Word Summary
enkrateia: mastery, self-control
Original Word: ἐγκράτειαTransliteration: enkrateia
Phonetic Spelling: (eng-krat'-i-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: mastery, self-control
Meaning: mastery, self-control
Strong's Concordance
temperance. From egkrates; self-control (especially continence) -- temperance.
see GREEK egkrates
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1466: ἐγκράτειαἐγκράτεια (see ἐν III. 3), ἐγκρατείας, ἡ, (ἐγκρατής), self-control, Latincontinentia, temperantia (the virtue of one who masters his desires and passions, especially his sensual appetites): Acts 24:25; Galatians 5:23 (22); 2 Peter 1:6. (Xenophon, Plato, and following; Sir. 18:29; 4 Macc. 5:34.)