Lexicon akratés: powerless, impotent Original Word: ἀκρατής, έςPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: akratés Phonetic Spelling: (ak-rat'-ace) Short Definition: lacking self-control, inclined to excess Definition: lacking self-control, powerless, inclined to excess. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 193 akratḗs (an adjective, derived from 1 /A "without" and 2904 /krátos, "prevailing power") – properly, in continent, i.e. lacking self-control (self-discipline, self-restraint; used only in 2 Tim 3:3). See 192 (akrasia). [193 (akratḗs) is the opposite (antonym) of 1468 /egkratḗs, "enabled from within" (see there).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom alpha (as a neg. prefix) and kratosDefinitionpowerless, impotent NASB Translationwithout self-control (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 193: ἀκρατήςἀκρατής, (ές, genitive (έος, (οῦς, ( κράτος), without self-control, intemperate: 2 Timothy 3:3. (Frequently in secular writings from Plato and Xenophon down.)
Strong's Without self-control From a (as a negative particle) and kratos; powerless, i.e. Without self-control -- incontinent. see GREEK a see GREEK kratos |
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