ἘΓΚΡΑΤΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΙ, ἐγκρατευομενοι
EGKRATEUOMENOI, egkrateuomenoi
Sounds Like: eng-krah-TEH-oo-oh-men-oy
Translations: exercising self-control, being temperate, abstaining, refraining, controlling oneself
From the root: ΕΓΚΡΑΤΕΥΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word describes the act of exercising self-control or being temperate. It implies a disciplined restraint over one's desires, passions, or actions. It can be used to describe someone who abstains from certain things or who maintains control over their own behavior.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G1467 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 30:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΓΚΡΑΤΕΥΟΜΑΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΓΚΡΑΤΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΣ — exercising self-control, being temperate, practicing self-restraint, one who exercises self-control
- ἘΓΚΡΑΤΕΥΟΝΤΑΙ — they exercise self-control, they are temperate, they restrain themselves, they are continent
- ἘΓΚΡΑΤΕΥΣΕΥΣΘΑΙ — to exercise self-control, to be temperate, to be continent, to abstain
- ἘΓΚΡΑΤΕΥΣΗ — you will exercise self-control, you will be temperate, you will abstain, you will be continent
- ἘΝΕΓΚΡΑΤΕΥΟΜΕΘΑ — we exercise self-control, we are temperate, we are continent, we restrain ourselves
- ἘΝΕΚΡΑΤΕΥΣΑΤΟ — exercised self-control, was temperate, restrained oneself, mastered oneself
- ΕΓΚΡΑΤΕΥ — to exercise self-control, to be temperate, to be continent, to restrain oneself
- ΕΓΚΡΑΤΕΥΕΤΑΙ — exercises self-control, practices self-restraint, is temperate
- ΕΓΚΡΑΤΕΥΟΜΑΙ — to exercise self-control, to be temperate, to be continent, to abstain, to master oneself
- ΕΓΚΡΑΤΕΥΟΝΤΑΙ — they exercise self-control, they are temperate, they practice self-restraint, they abstain
- ΕΓΚΡΑΤΕΥΣΑΙ — to exercise self-control, to be temperate, to be continent, to restrain oneself, to master oneself
- ΕΝΕΚΕΚΡΑΤΟ — had been self-controlled, had been temperate, had been continent
- ΕΝΕΚΡΑΤΕΥΣΑΤΟ — he exercised self-control, he was temperate, he abstained, he mastered himself
- ΕΝΚΡΑΤΕΥΣΕ — he exercised self-control, she exercised self-control, it exercised self-control, he was temperate, she was temperate, it was temperate
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