adjective
akratos
Strong’sG194
unmixed, undiluted
stem akrat-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἄκρατος, -ον
(< κεράννυμι), [in LXX: Ps 75:8 (חֲמַר), Je 25:15 (חֵמָה), III Mac 5:2*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G194 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect ἄκρητος, ον: (κεράννυμι):
1 of liquids, unmixed, neat, especially of wine, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἄκρητοι σπονδαί drink-offerings of pure wine, Refs 8th c.BC+; οἶνος πάνυ ἄ. very strong, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἶνος ἄκρητος wine without water, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄκρατος (without οἶνος) Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ πολὺς ἄ. ὁλίγ᾽ ἀναγκάζει φρονεῖν Refs 4th c.BC+; ἄκρατον, τό, Refs 8th c.BC+; χυμόςRefs 5th c.BC+. adverb -τωςRefs 5th c.BC+
2 of any objects, ἄ. σώματα pure, simple bodies, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄ. μέλαν pure black, Refs 4th c.BC+
3 of qualities, pure, absolute, ἄ. νοῦςRefs 5th c.BC+. adverb -τωςRefs
4 of conditions or states, pure, untempered, absolute, ἐλευθερία, ἡδονή, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἄ. νόμος absolute law, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄ. ψεῦδος sheer lie, Refsadverb ἀκράτως absolutely, entirely, ἀ. μέλας, λευκός, Refs 2nd c.AD+
5 of persons, intemperate, violent, ἄ. ὀργήνRefs 4th c.BC+; of sleep, ἄ. ἐλθέ come with all thy power, Refs 5th c.BC+
6 of feelings, ἄ. ὀργήRefs 5th c.BC+
II comparative ἀκρατέστερος, Ionic dialect ἀκρητ- (asiffr.ἀκρατής) Refs 5th c.BC+Dem.fragment (b), Refs 4th c.BC+: superlative ἀκρατέστατοςRefs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | akratos | akratas | akratem | akratois | akratais | akrateim |
| object accusative | akraton | akratan | akratoin | akratain | ||
| direct address vocative | akrator | akratar | akratoir | akratair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | akratou1×ἀκράτου | 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
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
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
akratou“full strength”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Revelation 14:10“full strength”… tou thumou tou theou tou kerannuorēntou akratou en te potērie tau orgau autou, …… wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels …