Lexicon / G0192
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.†

(AS)

Abbott-Smith

Glosses: want of power; want of self-control; incontinence

want of power; want of self-control; incontinence