1468 ~ἐγκρατής~ egkrates \@eng-krat-ace’\@ from 1722 and 2904; TDNT-2:339,196; {See TDNT 208} adj AV-temperate 1; 1
- 1) strong, robust
- 2) having power over, possessed of (a thing)
- 3) mastering, controlling, curbing, restraining
- 3a) controlling one’s self, temperate, continent