- Original: ἐγκρατεύομαι - Transliteration: Egkrateuomai - Phonetic: eng-krat-yoo'-om-ahee - Definition: 1. to be self-controlled, continent a. to exhibit self-government, conduct, one's self temperately b. in a figure drawn from athletes, who in preparing themselves for the games abstained from unwholesome food, wine, and sexual indulgence - Origin: middle voice from G1468 - TDNT entry: 07:39,2 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Middle voice from G1468 ; to exercise self restraint (in diet and chastity): - can([-not]) contain be temperate. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • contain, 1 1 Corinthians 7:9 • temperate, 1 1 Corinthians 9:25