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Lexicon :: Strong's G1468 - egkratēs

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ἐγκρατής
Transliteration
egkratēs (Key)
Pronunciation
eng-krat-ace'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:339,196

Strong’s Definitions

ἐγκρατής enkratḗs, eng-krat-ace'; from G1722 and G2904; strong in a thing (masterful), i.e. (figuratively and reflexively) self-controlled (in appetite, etc.):—temperate.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G1468 in the following manner: temperate (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G1468 in the following manner: temperate (1x).

  1. strong, robust

  2. having power over, possessed of (a thing)

  3. mastering, controlling, curbing, restraining

    1. controlling one's self, temperate, continent

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐγκρατής enkratḗs, eng-krat-ace'; from G1722 and G2904; strong in a thing (masterful), i.e. (figuratively and reflexively) self-controlled (in appetite, etc.):—temperate.
STRONGS G1468:
ἐγκρατής [see ἐν, III. 3], -ές, (κράτος);
1. properly, equivalent to ὁ ἐν κράτει ὤν, strong, robust: Aeschylus, Thucydides, and following.
2. having power over, possessed of (a thing), with a genitive of the object; so from [Sophocles and] Herodotus down.
3. mastering, controlling, curbing, restraining: ἀφροδισιων, Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 1; ἠδωνης, ibid. 4, 5, 10; ἑαυτοῦ, Plato; absolutely (without a genitive), controlling oneself, temperate, continent, ([Aristotle, eth. Nic. 7, 4, p. 1146b, 10ff]; Sir. 26:15; Wis. 8:21; Philo de Jos. § 11): Titus 1:8.
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Titus
1:8

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Strong's Number G1468 matches the Greek ἐγκρατής (egkratēs),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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