noun · feminine
enkrateias
Strong’sG1466
self-mastery, self-control
stem enkratei-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** ἐγκράτεια, -ας, ἡ (< ἐγκρατής),
[in LXX: Si 18:15, 30 IV Mac 5:34 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1466 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saideng-krat'-i-ah
self-control (especially continence)
Fromfrom G1468;
King Jamestemperance.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
mastery over, ἐ. ἑαυτοῦ self-control, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐ. ἡδονῶν καὶ ἐπιθυμιῶν control over them,Refs 5th c.BC+
II absolutely, self-control, NT+5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | enkrateias1×ἐγκράτεια | enkrateiais |
| object accusative | enkrateian1×ἐγκράτειαν | enkrateiain |
| direct address vocative | enkrateiar | enkrateiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | enkrateiau1×ἐγκρατείας | enkrateiaiu |
| to, for dative | enkrateia1×ἐγκρατείᾳ | enkrateiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
enkrateia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
enkrateias“self-control”subjectnominative singular1×
Galatians 5:23prautas, enkrateias; kata teiu toiouteiu ouk atō nomos.gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no …
enkrateian“self-control”objectaccusative singular1×
2 Peter 1:6en de ta gnōsia tan enkrateian, en de ta enkrateia tan hupomonan, …and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to …
enkrateiau“self-control”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 24:25dialegorōntou de autou peri dikaiosunau kai enkrateiau kai teu krimeu teu mellarōnteu emfobos …As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became …
enkrateia“self-control”to, fordative singular1×
2 Peter 1:6… gnōsia tan enkrateian, en de ta enkrateia tan hupomonan, en de ta hupomona …and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;