Quick Definition
lacking self-control, inclined to excess
Strong's Definition
powerless, i.e. without self-control
Derivation: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G2904 (κράτος);
KJV Usage: incontinent
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀκρατής, (ές, genitive (έος, (οῦς, (κράτος), without self-control, intemperate: 2Ti_3:3. (Frequently in secular writings from Plato and Xenophon down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀκρατής akratēs 1x
without self-control, intemperate, 2Ti_3:3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀκρατής , -ές
( < κράτος ),
[in LXX : Pro_27:20 * ;]
(a) powerless, impotent;
(b) in moral sense, lacking self-control, incontinent: 2Ti_3:3 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀκρατής [page 19]
ἀκρατής in the sense of impotent is found in Syll 802, 803 (iii/B.C.), inscriptions from Asclepios temple, e.g. 802 22 ἀνὴρ τοὺς τᾶς χηρὸς δακτύλους ἀκρατεῖς ἔχων . Vettius Valens (p. 39 33 ) associates ἀστάτους ταῖς γνώμαις καὶ ἀκρατεῖς .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀκρατής [Etym: a_priv, κράτος] "powerless, impotent", Soph. c. gen. rei, "not having power or command over" a thing, Lat. impotens, γλώσσης Aesch. ; ὀργῆς Thuc. :—also, "intemperate in the use of" a thing, οἴνου Xen. , Arist. ; περὶ τὰ πόματα id=Arist. absol. "without command over" oneself, "incontinent", Lat. impotens sui, id=Arist. of things, "immoderate", δαπάνη Anth.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀκρατής, -ές
(κράτος), [in LXX: Pro.27:20 * ;]
__(a) powerless, impotent;
__(b) in moral sense, lacking self-control, incontinent: 2Ti.3:3.†
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