Strong's Concordance egkrateia: mastery, self-control Original Word: ἐγκράτεια, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: egkrateia Phonetic Spelling: (eng-krat'-i-ah) Definition: mastery, self-control Usage: self-mastery, self-restraint, self-control, continence. HELPS Word-studies 1466 egkráteia (from 1722 /en, "in the sphere of" and 2904 /krátos, "dominion, mastery") – properly, dominion within, i.e. "self-control" – proceeding out from within oneself, but not by oneself. For the believer, 1466 /egkráteia ("self-control, Spirit-control") can only be accomplished by the power of the Lord. Accordingly, 1466 /egkráteia ("true mastery from within") is explicitly called a fruit of the Holy Spirit (Gal 5:23). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom egkratés Definition mastery, self-control NASB Translation self-control (4). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1466: ἐγκράτειαἐγκράτεια (see ἐν III. 3), ἐγκρατείας, ἡ, (ἐγκρατής), self-control, Latincontinentia, temperantia (the virtue of one who masters his desires and passions, especially his sensual appetites): Acts 24:25; Galatians 5:23 (22); 2 Peter 1:6. (Xenophon, Plato, and following; Sir. 18:29; 4 Macc. 5:34.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance temperance. From egkrates; self-control (especially continence) -- temperance. see GREEK egkrates Forms and Transliterations εγκρατεια εγκρατεία εγκράτεια ἐγκρατείᾳ ἐγκράτεια εγκρατειαν εγκράτειαν ἐγκράτειαν εγκρατειας εγκρατείας ἐγκρατείας enkrateia enkráteia enkrateíāi enkrateian enkráteian enkrateias enkrateíasLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Acts 24:25 N-GFSGRK: δικαιοσύνης καὶ ἐγκρατείας καὶ τοῦ NAS: righteousness, self-control and the judgment INT: righteousness and self-control and the Galatians 5:23 N-NFS 2 Peter 1:6 N-AFS 2 Peter 1:6 N-DFS Strong's Greek 1466 |
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