Strong's #1466: egkrateia (pronounced eng-krat'-i-ah)

from 1468; self-control (especially continence):--temperance.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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egkrateia

1) self-control (the virtue of one who masters his desires and passions, especially his sensual appetites)

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: from G1468

Citing in TDNT: 2:339, 196

Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

 

Acts 24:25: "of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix"
Galatians 5:23: "Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."
2 Peter 1:6: "And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience;"
2 Peter 1:6: "temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience"