Greek verb · G1467
ἐγκρατεύομαι
enkrateuomaieng-krat-yoo'-om-ahee
to self-control
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: enkrateúomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1467is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1467
to exercise self-restraint (in diet and chastity)
The King James renders it: can(-not) contain, be temperate.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
enkrateuomai is rendered "to self-control". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Corinthians 7:9But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
1 Corinthians 7:9ἐγκρατεύονται
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's two uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- controls himself1
- they have self-control1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐγκρατεύεται1
- ἐγκρατεύονται1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PNI-3P
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PNI-3S
1 Corinthians
two uses
But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
- ἐγκρατεύονταιegkrateuontaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they have self-control
Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
- ἐγκρατεύεταιegkrateuetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: controls himself
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.