| Strong#: | 1467 // egkrateuomai egkrateuomai |
| Orig: | v // middle voice from \\1468\\ |
| NASB: | ==>exercises self-control(1), have self-control(1). |
| AV=2 | ==>can contain 1, be temperate 1 |
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| Definition: | 1) to be self-controlled, continent
1a) to exhibit self-government, conduct, one's self temperately
1b) in a figure drawn from athletes, who in preparing themselves
for the games abstained from unwholesome food, wine, and
sexual indulgence
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| NASB: | to exercise self-control: |
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