Egkrateuomai

eng-krat-yoo'-om-ahee
Parts of Speech Verb

Egkrateuomai Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 2
  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
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
egkrateuomai
Origin
middle voice from (1468)
Strong's Number
1467
TDNT Entry
2:339,196

NAS Word Usage

exercises self-control
1
have self-control
1
Total
2

NAS Verse Count

2
Total
2
PREVIOUS Egkrateia NEXT Egkrates

Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Egkrateuomai". "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999. . 1999.