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ἐγκράτεια

Transliteration: enkrateia · noun

4x in NTFirst: Acts 24:25
Meaningself-mastery, self-control
Part of speechnoun
Frequency4x in the New Testament
Key inflected formsἐγκρατείας, ἐγκράτεια, ἐγκράτειαν, ἐγκρατείᾳ
Example versesActs 24:25 · Gal 5:23 · 2Pet 1:6
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What kind of word is ἐγκράτεια?

ἐγκράτεια (enkrateia) is a noun that occurs 4 times in the Greek New Testament (Koine). It means “self-mastery, self-control” and first appears in Acts 24:25.

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