ἘΓΚΡΑΤΗΣ, ἐγκρατης
EGKRATĒS, egkratēs
Sounds Like: eng-KRAH-tays
Translations: self-controlled, temperate, continent, master of, in possession of, a self-controlled person
From the root: ἘΓΚΡΑΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who has mastery over themselves, particularly their desires, passions, or appetites. It implies self-control, temperance, or continence. It can also be used to mean being 'in possession of' or 'master of' something, indicating a firm grasp or control over an object or situation.
Inflection: Nominative, Singular, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G1468 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 22:186
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 1 — 2:4
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
- 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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