Dictionary entry

ἐγκρατεύομαι

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐγκρατεύομαι, depon.,

[in LXX for אפק, Ge 43:31, I Ki 13:12, Es 5:10א3 *;]

to exercise self-control:I Co 7:9; c. acc., πάντα (v. Bl., 91), I Co 9:25.†