Lexicon akrasia: want of power Original Word: ἀκρασία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: akrasia Phonetic Spelling: (ak-ras-ee'-a) Short Definition: incontinence, intemperance, lack of restraint Definition: incontinence, intemperance (in wide sense), lack of restraint. HELPS word-Studies 192 akrasía (from 1 /A "not" and 2904 /krátos, "prevail") – properly, without prevailing (taking dominion), i.e. the inability to maintain control; (figuratively) without self-control and hence mastered by personal appetites (urges). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom akratésDefinitionwant of power NASB Translationlack of self-control (1), self-indulgence (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 192: ἀκρασίαἀκρασία, (ας, ἡ ( ἀκρατής), want of self-control, incontinence, intemperance: Matthew 23:25 (Griesbach ἀδικία); 1 Corinthians 7:5. Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 524f. (( Aristotle on.))
Strong's to lack of self-control, self-indulgence From akrates; want of self-restraint -- excess, incontinency. see GREEK akrates |
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