noun · feminine

akrasias

Greekἀκρασία (akrasia)

Strong’sG192

incontinence, intemperance, lack of restraint

stem akrasi-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

lack of self-control1×self-indulgence1×

What it means

** ἀκρασία, -ας, ἡ

(< ἀκρατής, q.v.), [in LXX: I Mac 6:26*;]

in Arist. and later writers = ἀκράτεια (Lft., Notes, 222 f.), want of power, hence want of self-control, incontinence: Mt 23:25, I Co 7:5.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G192 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidak-ras-ee'-a

want of self-restraint

Fromfrom G193;

King Jamesexcess, incontinency.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	akrasias	akrasiais
object accusative	akrasian1×ἀκρασίαν	akrasiain
direct address vocative	akrasiar	akrasiair
of, belonging to genitive	akrasiau1×ἀκρασίας	akrasiaiu
to, for dative	akrasia	akrasiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

akrasistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

akrasia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

akrasian“lack of self-control”objectaccusative singular1×

1 Corinthians 7:5“lack of self-control”mē aposteravōr allēloin, ei mēti an ek sumfōneu pros kairon hina scholazaveia ta proseucha kai palin epi tem autem aveiō, hina mē peirazateiō vin tos Satanaos dia tan akrasian vu.Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

akrasiau“self-indulgence”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Matthew 23:25“self-indulgence”Ouai vi, grammatevoir kai Farisaioir hupokritoir, hoti katharizavō tem exōthen teu potērieu kai tau paropsiau, esōthen de gemalō ek harpagau kai akrasiau.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.