Bible Dictionaries
Continency
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Continency'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/c/continency.html. 1940.