Strong’s G1466 · Greek
ἐγκράτεια
enkráteia · eng-krat'-i-ah
Origin from ἐγκρατής (G1468);
Meaning self-control (especially continence)
In the King James Version temperance.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 24:25And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
- Galatians 5:23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
- 2 Peter 1:6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.