ΕΓΚΡΑΤΕΥΟΜΑΙ, εγκρατευομαι
EGKRATEUOMAI, egkrateuomai
Sounds Like: eng-krah-TEH-oo-mah-ee
Translations: to exercise self-control, to be temperate, to be continent, to abstain, to master oneself
From the root: ΕΓΚΡΑΤΕΥΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb describes the act of exercising self-control, particularly over one's desires, passions, or appetites. It implies a disciplined and temperate lifestyle, often involving abstinence from certain things. It can be used in contexts of physical discipline, moral restraint, or even in a broader sense of mastering oneself.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Indicative, First Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G1467 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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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.
- ἘΓΚΡΑΤΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΙ — exercising self-control, being temperate, abstaining, refraining, controlling oneself
- 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
- 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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