Enkrateúomai — G1467

Definition

verb

to exercise self-restraint (in diet and chastity)

1. to exhibit self-government, conduct oneself temperately

Usually translated as

contain, be temperate, can, cannot

Origin

middle voice from G1468

• enkratḗs (G1468)

Occurrences

Enkrateúomai occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Corinthians (2)

• 1 Corinthians 7:9 — But if they cannot contain (ἐγκρατεύονται), let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
• 1 Corinthians 9:25 — And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate (ἐγκρατεύεται) in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.