ἘΓΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ, ἐγκρατους
EGKRATOUS, egkratous
Sounds Like: eng-KRA-toos
Translations: of self-controlled, of temperate, of continent, of self-control, of temperance, of continence
From the root: ἘΓΚΡΑΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who possesses self-control, temperance, or continence. It refers to the ability to restrain one's desires, appetites, and passions. It can be used to describe a person, an action, or a state of being that demonstrates this quality.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine, Feminine, or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1468 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 26:15
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
- ἘΓΚΡΑΤΗ — self-controlled, temperate, continent, master of, having power over, a self-controlled person, a temperate person
- ἘΓΚΡΑΤΗΣ — self-controlled, temperate, continent, master of, in possession of, a self-controlled person
- ἘΓΚΡΑΤΩΣ — temperately, with self-control, self-controlledly
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