- Original: ἐγκρατής - Transliteration: Egkrates - Phonetic: eng-krat-ace' - Definition: 1. strong, robust 2. having power over, possessed of (a thing) 3. mastering, controlling, curbing, restraining a. controlling one's self, temperate, continent - Origin: from G1722 and G2904 - TDNT entry: 07:39,2 - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: From G1722 and G2904 ; strong in a thing (masterful) that is (figuratively and reflexively) self controlled (in appetite etc.): - temperate. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • temperate, 1 Titus 1:8