Strong's Concordance G1467

Original Word: ἐγκρατεύομαι

Transliteration: enkrateúomai

Phonetic Spelling: eng-krat-yoo'-om-ahee

[ἐγκρατεύομαι] middle voice from G1468; to exercise self-restraint (in diet and chastity)

Usages throughout the bible

1 Corinthians 7:9 - But if they ^G1467 cannot contain, ^G1467 let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

1 Corinthians 9:25 - And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate ^G1467 in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.