adjective

akratos

Greekἀκρατής (akratēs)

Strong’sG193

lacking self-control, inclined to excess

stem akrat-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

without self-control1×

What it means

ἀκρατής, -ές

(< κράτος), [in LXX: Pr 27:20*;]

(a) powerless, impotent;

(b) in moral sense, lacking self-control, incontinent: II Ti 3:3.†

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

Strong’s G193 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidak-rat'-ace

powerless, i.e. without self-control

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and G2904;

King Jamesincontinent.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	akratos	akratas	akratem	akratois1×ἀκρατεῖς	akratais	akrateim
object accusative	akraton	akratan		akratoin	akratain
direct address vocative	akrator	akratar		akratoir	akratair
of, belonging to genitive	akratou	akratau	akrateu	akratoiu	akrataiu	akrateiu
to, for dative	akrato	akrata	akrate	akratoi	akratai	akratei

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

akratstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

akrat 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

Words built on the same stem

akratos — ἄκρατος, unmixed, undiluted

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

akratois“without self-control”subjectnominative plural1×

2 Timothy 3:3“without self-control”astorgois, aspondois, diabolois, akratois, anēmerois, afilagathois,unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,