Enkrateia means “temperance” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1466 — gevah (“lifting up”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1466 ἐγκράτεια (egkrateia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. egkrateia (eng-krat'-ei-ah) n. 1. self-control (especially continence) [from G1468] It has 4 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include temperance. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
egkrateia (eng-krat'-ei-ah) n. 1. self-control (especially continence) [from G1468] KJV: temperance Root(s): G1468
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1466. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
self-control
Usage: ἐγκράτεια, -ας, ἡ (-ἐγκρατής), [in LXX: Sir.18:15, 30 4Ma.5:34 * ;] __1. prop., mastery, control. __2. (sc. ἑαθτοῦ) self-control: Act.24:25, Gal.5:23, 2Pe.1:6 (see DB, iv, 558b 695a; Page on Ac, l.with). † (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render egkrateia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1466 (ἐγκράτεια) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
3 indexed usages in New Testament.
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
I will not belie thee, O law, my instructor! or forsake thee, O beloved self-control.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1466.
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
I will not belie thee, O law, my instructor! or forsake thee, O beloved self-control.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1466, grouped by book.
Enkrateia (Strong's G1466) is a Greek word most simply glossed "temperance". egkrateia (eng-krat'-ei-ah) n. 1. self-control (especially continence) [from G1468]
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's G1466 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1466 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as temperance. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1466, with linked reader references where each row is available.