ἀκρασία
akrasia
- self-indulgence
- want of power
- want of self-control
- incontinence
STEPBible TBESG
Glosses: self-indulgence
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.†
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Abbott-Smith
Glosses: want of power; want of self-control; incontinence
want of power; want of self-control; incontinence