Strong’s G1468 · Greek

ἐγκρατής
enkratḗs

Definition

strong in a thing (masterful), i.e. (figuratively and reflexively) self-controlled (in appetite, etc.)

Etymology

from G1722 (ἐν) and G2904 (κράτος);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • temperate

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.