ἘΓΚΡΑΤΗ, ἐγκρατη
EGKRATĒ, egkratē
Sounds Like: eng-KRAH-tay
Translations: self-controlled, temperate, continent, master of, having power over, a self-controlled person, a temperate person
From the root: ἘΓΚΡΑΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who has power over themselves, particularly their desires and passions, indicating self-control or temperance. It can also mean having power or mastery over something else, often followed by a genitive case indicating what is being controlled or mastered. It is used to describe a person who is disciplined and able to restrain themselves.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1468 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 8:327
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Titus — 1:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΓΚΡΑΤΗΣ.
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.
- ἘΓΚΡΑΤΕΙΣ — self-controlled, temperate, continent, master of, in control of, self-controlled ones, temperate ones
- ἘΓΚΡΑΤΗΣ — self-controlled, temperate, continent, master of, in possession of, a self-controlled person
- ἘΓΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ — of self-controlled, of temperate, of continent, of self-control, of temperance, of continence
- ἘΓΚΡΑΤΩΣ — temperately, with self-control, self-controlledly
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