Strong’s G1467 · Greek
ἐγκρατεύομαι
enkrateúomai · eng-krat-yoo'-om-ahee
Origin middle voice from ἐγκρατής (G1468);
Meaning to exercise self-restraint (in diet and chastity)
In the King James Version can(-not) contain, be temperate.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- 1 Corinthians 7:9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
- 1 Corinthians 9:25And 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.
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.