ἀκρασία
Want of self-restraint
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What does ἀκρασία (akrasía) mean in the Bible?
ἀκρασία (akrasía) is a Greek word meaning "want of self-restraint". ἀκρασία, -ας, ἡ (ἀκρατής, which see), [in LXX: 1Ma.
Meaning
Moral powerlessness to restrain bodily desires despite knowing what is right; incontinence.
(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.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Pictures (Robertson)
A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.
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