1467 - egkrateuomai

Strong's Concordance

Original word: ἐγκρατεύομαι
Transliteration: egkrateuomai
Definition (short): self-control
Definition (full): to exercise self-control

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from egkratés
Definition: to exercise self-control
NASB Translation: exercises self-control (1), have self-control (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

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

see GREEK egkrates

References

Strong's 1467: 2 Occurrences
KJV: But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
NASB: But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
KJV: And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
NASB: Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.