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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Greek - English Dictionary

G1467 - They

Strong's No.:G1467

Greek:ἐγκρατεύομαι

Transliteration:egkrateuomai

Phonetic:eng-krat-yoo'-om-ahee

Word Origin:Middle voice from G1468

Bible Usage:can([-not]) contain be temperate.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

to exercise self restraint (in diet and chastity)


Thayers
Definition:

1. to be self-controlled, continent

a. to exhibit self-government, conduct, one's self temperately

b. in a figure drawn from athletes, who in preparing themselves for the games abstained from unwholesome food, wine, and sexual indulgence


Translation
Occurrences:
contain ( 1 )
temperate ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.