Strong’s Greek
G1467 — egkrateuomai
The entry below is Strong’s own definition (1890, public domain), and every verse where the word occurs.
ἐγκρατεύομαι
egkrateuomai — pronounced eng-krat-yoo'-om-ahee
middle voice from 1468; to exercise self-restraint (in diet and chastity):--can(-not) contain, be temperate. see GREEK for 1468
3 occurrences in the KJV.
1 Corinthians 7:9
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
1 Corinthians 7:9
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
1 Corinthians 9:25
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.