Quick Definition
incontinence, intemperance, lack of restraint
Strong's Definition
want of self-restraint
Derivation: from G193 (ἀκρατής);
KJV Usage: excess, incontinency
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀκρασία, (ας, ἡ (ἀκρατής), want of self-control, incontinence, intemperance: Mat_23:25 (Griesbach ἀδικία); 1Co_7:5. Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 524f. ((Aristotle on.))
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀκρασία akrasia 2x
intemperance, self-indulgence, Mat_23:25 ; unruly appetite, lustfulness, 1Co_7:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀκρασία , -ας , ἡ
( < ἀκρατής , q.v. ),
[in LXX : 1Ma_6:26 * ;]
in Arist . and later writers = ἀκράτεια ( Lft., Notes , 222 f .), want of power , hence want of self-control, incontinence: Mat_23:25 , 1Co_7:5 .†
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀκρασία, -ας, ἡ
(ἀκρατής, which see), [in LXX: 1Ma.6:26 * ;]
in Arist. and later writers = ἀκράτεια (Lft., Notes, 222 f.), want of power, hence want of self-control, incontinence: Mat.23:25, 1Co.7:5.†
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