What does ἀκρασία (akrasía) mean in the Bible?
ἀκρασία (akrasía): Moral powerlessness to restrain bodily desires despite knowing what is right; incontinence.
Greek · G192
ἀκρασία
Want of self-restraint
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ἀκρασίαG192
Pronunciationakrasía
What does ἀκρασία (akrasía) mean in the Bible?
ἀκρασία (akrasía): Moral powerlessness to restrain bodily desires despite knowing what is right; incontinence.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G192?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include lack of self-control (1), self-indulgence (1).
Where does ἀκρασία (akrasía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 23:25. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itlack of self-control1×1 Corinthians 7:5
self-indulgence1×Matthew 23:25
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 23:25
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew11 Corinthians1
Source forms
ἀκρασίαν1xakrasian1 Corinthians 7:5
ἀκρασίας1xakrasiasMatthew 23:25
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1x1 Corinthians 7:5
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xMatthew 23:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Moral powerlessness to restrain bodily desires despite knowing what is right; incontinence.
Strong'sG192
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
want of self-restraint
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Moral powerlessness to restrain bodily desires despite knowing what is right; incontinence.
(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.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 23:25Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀκρασίας.akrasiav
incontinence, intemperance, lack of restraint
Read verse1 Corinthians 7:5Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀκρασίανakrasian
incontinence, intemperance, lack of restraint
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineMatt 23:251×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine1 Cor 7:51×
Word Origins
ἀκρασία is built from this root:
ἀκρατήςG193