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enkrateia

self-control

Say it: en-KRAT-ay-ah (approximate)

ἐγκράτεια

What it means

Mastery over oneself, self-control, especially of desires and appetites. Paul reasoned with Felix about "righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come" (24:25). It is listed among the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:23.

Range of meaning

  • Self-controlMastery of the appetites.
  • TemperanceModeration.

In Acts

  • Chapter 24

    "As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come" (24:25).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G1466 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources