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Strong's #1468: egkrates (pronounced eng-krat-ace')

from 1722 and 2904; strong in a thing (masterful), i.e. (figuratively and reflexively) self-controlled (in appetite, etc.):--temperate.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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egkratēs

1) strong, robust

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

3) mastering, controlling, curbing, restraining

3a) controlling one' s self, temperate, continent

Part of Speech: adjective

Relation: from G1722 and G2904

Citing in TDNT: 2:339, 196




Usage:

This word is used 1 times:

Titus 1:8: "sober, just, holy, temperate;"









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