1: ἐγκρατεύομαι
(Strong's #1467 — Verb — enkrateuomai — eng-krat-yoo'-om-ahee )

en, "in," kratos, "power, strength," lit., "to have power over oneself," is rendered "(if) they have (not) continency" (i.e., are lacking in self-control), in 1—Corinthians 7:9 , RV; AV, "can (not) contain;" in 1—Corinthians 9:25 , "is temperate." See TEMPERATE.