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Strong's G1466 · Greek

ἐγκράτεια

egkrateia · eng-krat'-i-ah

from 1468; self-control (especially continence)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἐγκράτεια (G1466)

4 ** ἐγκράτεια , -ας, ἡ ( ἐγκρατής ), [in LXX: Si 18:15 , 30 IV Mac 5:34 * ;] prop., mastery, control . (sc. ἑαθτοῦ ) self-control : Ac 24:25 , Ga 5:23 , II Pe 1:6 (v. DB , iv, 558 b 695 a ; Page on Ac, l.c.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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