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ἐγκρατής

enkratḗs · G1468 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. self-controlled

    (Derivative of ἐγκρατεύομαι ‘to exercise self-control,’) Pertaining to exercising self-control

    Examples

    Titus 1:8 but hospitable, loving what is good, self-controlled, righteous, holy, disciplined,

How it’s used

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry
Self-controlled88.84
In Titus 1:8, an overseer is required to be self-controlled among other qualities, this adjective describing a person who exercises consistent mastery over their own impulses and desires.
Word family 15 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

κράτος krátos · G2904 · power, might, mighty deed · 12×κρατέω kratéō · G2902 · to hold on to, to retain in the hand, to seize · 47×παντοκράτωρ pantokrátōr · G3841 · the Almighty, the One who has all power · 10×προσκαρτερέω proskarteréō · G4342 · to devote oneself to, to keep on, to persist in · 10×ἐγκράτεια enkráteia · G1466 · to control oneself, to exercise self-control, self-control · 4×κραταιόω krataióō · G2901 · to become strong, to become powerful · 4×κράτιστος krátistos · G2903 · excellency, most excellent, your honor · 4×ἀκρασία akrasía · G192 · lack of self-control, failure to control oneself · 2×ἐγκρατεύομαι enkrateúomai · G1467 · to control oneself, to exercise self-control, self-control · 2×ἀκρατής akratḗs · G193 · uncontrolled, lacking in self-control · 1×ἐγκρατήςenkratḗs · G1468καρτερέω karteréō · G2594 · to persevere, to persist · 1×κραταιός krataiós · G2900 · powerful, mighty · 1×περικρατής perikratḗs · G4031 · to be in control of, to have under control · 1×προσκαρτέρησις proskartérēsis · G4343 · to devote oneself to, to keep on, to persist in · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (see ἐν, III. 3), ἐγκρατες (κράτος); 1. properly, equivalent to ὁ ἐν κράτει ὤν, strong,…
(see ἐν, III. 3), ἐγκρατες (κράτος);
1. properly, equivalent to ὁ ἐν κράτει ὤν, strong, robust: Aeschylus, Thucydides, and following.
2. having power over, possessed of (a thing), with a genitive of the object; so from (Sophocles and) Herodotus down.
3. mastering, controlling, curbing, restraining: ἀφροδισιων, Xenophon, mere. 1, 2, 1; ἠδωνης, ibid. 4, 5, 10; ἑαυτοῦ, Plato; absolutely (without a genitive), controlling oneself, temperate, continent, ((Aristotle, eth. Nic. 7, 4, p. 1146{b}, 10ff); Sir. 26:15; Wis. 8:21; Philo de Jos. § 11): Tit 1:8.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Self-Control, Lack of Self-Control1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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