Continency - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Continency

[ 1,,G1467, enkrateuomai ]
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.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words