ἀκρασία
akrasía
“want of self-restraint”
2 occurrencesNew TestamentRare Word
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
want of self-restraint
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
intemperance, self-indulgence, Mt. 23:25; unruly appetite, lustfulness, 1 Cor. 7:5*
Translated in KJV as
excessincontinency
Etymology
from G193 (ἀκρατής);
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