Akrasia means “excess” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H192 — evilmerodak in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G192 ἀκρασία (akrasia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. akrasia (ak-ras-ee'-a) n. 1. want of self-restraint [from G193] It has 2 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include excess and incontinency. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
akrasia (ak-ras-ee'-a) n. 1. want of self-restraint [from G193] KJV: excess, incontinency Root(s): G193
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G192. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
self-indulgence
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render akrasia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
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.
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.
First 2 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G192.
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.
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.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G192, grouped by book.
Akrasia (Strong's G192) is a Greek word most simply glossed "excess". akrasia (ak-ras-ee'-a) n. 1. want of self-restraint [from G193]
This page currently indexes 2 linked usages for Strong's G192 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G192 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as excess and incontinency. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.