G192

ἀκρασία

akrasia

Feminine noun · From ἀκρατής (G193)

From G193; want of self-restraint:—excess, incontinency.

Outline

want of self-control, incontinence, intemperance

Usages

Matthew 23:25

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

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1 Corinthians 7:5

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

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