STRONGS G1466:
ἐγκράτεια [see
ἐν, III. 3],
-ας,
ἡ, (
ἐγκρατής),
self-control, Latin
continentia, temperantia, (the virtue of one who masters his desires and passions, especially his sensual appetites):
Acts 24:25;
Galatians 5:23 (
Galatians 5:22);
2 Peter 1:6. (Xenophon, Plato, and following; Sir. 18:29; 4 Macc. 5:34.)
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