Strong G192ἀκρασία
self-indulgence
- Transliteration
- akrasia
- Pronunciation
- ak-ras-ee'-a
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G193; want of self restraint: - excess incontinency.
Detailed definition
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.†
(AS)
(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.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G192 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- excess1
- incontinency1
First verses
- Matthew 23:25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
- 1 Corinthians 7:5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀκρᾰσ-ία,
Ionic dialect ἀκρᾰ-σίη,
B ={ἀκράτεια}, [NT+7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus “Supp.” 2.10, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 234, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.18, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.5.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.221 (_plural_), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1145a16, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 544, NT.Matt.23.25, etc.; βρώσιος “Dialexeis [ca. 5th c.BC]” 1.3.)]
Ionic dialect ἀκρᾰ-σίη,
B ={ἀκράτεια}, [NT+7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus “Supp.” 2.10, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 234, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.18, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.5.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.221 (_plural_), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1145a16, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 544, NT.Matt.23.25, etc.; βρώσιος “Dialexeis [ca. 5th c.BC]” 1.3.)]