ΕΓΚΡΑΤΗΣ, εγκρατης
EGKRATĒS, egkratēs
Sounds Like: eng-KRAH-tays
Translations: self-controlled, temperate, continent, a self-controlled person
From the root: ΕΓΚΡΑΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This adjective describes someone who possesses self-control or mastery over their desires and passions. It is used to characterize a person who is temperate, disciplined, and able to restrain themselves from excesses, particularly in areas like food, drink, or sexual impulses.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G1468 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΓΚΡΑΤΗΣ.
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.
- ἘΓΚΡΑΤΕΥΕΣΘΑΙ — to exercise self-control, to be temperate, to abstain, to be continent
- ἘΝΚΡΑΤΕΙΣ — self-controlled, temperate, continent, master of, in control of
- ΕΓΚΡΑΤΕΥΕΣΘΑΙ — to exercise self-control, to be temperate, to be continent, to abstain
- ΕΓΚΡΑΤΗ — self-controlled, temperate, continent, master of, in possession of
- ΕΓΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ — self-controlled, temperate, continent, of self-control, of temperance, of continence
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