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Strong's #192 - ἀκρασία
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- want of self-control, incontinence, intemperance
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ἀκρᾱσία
(A), Ion. ἀκραιπᾰλ-ησίη, ἡ, (ἄκρᾱτος) bad mixture, ill temperature, opp. εὐκρασία, ἀ. ἀέρος an unwholesome climate, Thphr. CP 3.2.5; διὰ τὴν ἀκρησίην, of meats, Hp. VM 7; χυμῶν ἀκρησίαι ib. 18.
ἀκρᾰσ-ία
(B), Ion. ἀκρᾰς-σίη, = cross ἀκράτεια, Archil. Supp. 2.10, Democr. 234, D. 2.18, X. Mem. 4.5.6, Isoc. 15.221 (pl.), Arist. EN 1145a16, Men. 544, Matthew 23:25, etc.; βρώσιος Dialex. 1.3.
ἀκρασία, (ας, ἡ (ἀκρατής), want of self-control, incontinence, intemperance: Matthew 23:25 (Griesbach ἀδικία); 1 Corinthians 7:5. Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 524f. ((Aristotle on.))
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** ἀκρασία , -ας , ἡ
(< ἀκρατής , q.v.),
[in LXX: 1 Maccabees 6:26*;]
in Arist. and later writers = ἀκράτεια (Lft., Notes, 222 f.), want of power, hence want of self-control, incontinence: Matthew 23:25, 1 Corinthians 7:5.†
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