G1467

ἐγκρατεύομαι

egkrateuomai

Verb · Middle voice from ἐγκρατής (G1468)

Middle voice from G1468; to exercise self-restraint (in diet and chastity):—can(-not) contain, be temperate.

Outline

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