ἐγκρατεύομαιenkrateúomai
GreekG14673 occurrences (KJV)
to exercise self-restraint (in diet and chastity)
KJV renders it: can(-not) contain, be temperate
Where it appears(showing the first 2 of 3)
- 1 Cor 7:9But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.
- 1 Cor 9:25Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.