Biblica Analytica
G1468 Greek

ἐγκρατής

egkratēs

self-controlled

Lexicon Entry

Definition
self-controlled
Transliteration
egkratēs
Strong's Number
G1468
Occurrences
1

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Explored

The word ἐγκρατής (G1468) is a self-controlled individual. In Greek, its root suggests a mastery of oneself, possibly with the connotation of being under control. In only one instance in the Bible, a self-controlled person is implied by this adjective.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
G1468
Lemma
ἐγκρατής
Transliteration
egkratēs
Definition
self-controlled
Occurrences
1
Model
groq
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence across the text

Titus 1:8

but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,
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