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G192 ἀκρασία (akrasía)
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Quick Definition

ἀκρασία, ας, ἡ n.f. incontinence, intemperance, lack of restraint

Strong's Definition

from 193; want of self-restraint

KJV Usage: excess, incontinency

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, f. | -ας | ἀ- + κρατέω

88.91 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Self-Control, Lack of Self-Control

lack of self-control, failure to control oneself to fail to exercise self-control

MAT 23:25 · 1CO 7:5

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀκρασία, -as, 7, (ἀκρατής), want of self-control, incontinence, intemperance: Mt. xxiii. 25 (Grsb. ἀδικία) ; 1 Co. vii. 5. Cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p.524sq. [(Aristot. on.) ]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀκρασία akrasia 2x

intemperance, self-indulgence, Mt. 23:25; unruly appetite, lustfulness, 1 Cor. 7:5*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** ἀκρασία, -ας, ἡ

(< ἀκρατής, q.v.), [in LXX: I Mac 6:26*;]

in Arist. and later writers = ἀκράτεια (Lft., Notes, 222 f.), want of power, hence want of self-control, incontinence: Mt 23:25, I Co 7:5.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀκρασία (akrasia) — self-indulgence. ἀκρᾰσ-ία, Ionic dialect ἀκρᾰ-σίη, __B ={ἀκράτεια}, [NT+7th c.BC+]

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