Lexical Summary akrasia: want of power Original Word: ἀκρασίαTransliteration: akrasia Phonetic Spelling: (ak-ras-ee'-a) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: want of power Meaning: want of power Strong's Concordance to lack of self-control, self-indulgenceFrom akrates; want of self-restraint -- excess, incontinency. see GREEK akrates Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 192: ἀκρασίαἀκρασία, (ας, ἡ (ἀκρατής), want of self-control, incontinence, intemperance: Matthew 23:25 (Griesbach ἀδικία); 1 Corinthians 7:5. Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 524f. ((Aristotle on.)) |
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