G192: ἀκρασία
akrasía · “self-indulgence”
Definition
want of self-restraint
KJV translates it as: excess, incontinency
Word origin: from G193 (ἀκρατής);
Extended 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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G192 is translated
- self-indulgence. ×1
- lack of self-control ×1
Bible verses with G192 (akrasía)
Akrasía appears in 2 verses.
- Matthew 23:25
Woe 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 7:5
Defraud 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.