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G1468 · ἐγκρατής

enkratḗs

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Strong’s definition

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

KJV gloss list in the source

temperate

Derivation recorded by Strong

from G1722 (ἐν) and G2904 (κράτος);

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