Strong's Concordance akratés: powerless, impotent Original Word: ἀκρατής, έςPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: akratés Phonetic Spelling: (ak-rat'-ace) Short Definition: lacking self-control, inclined to excess Definition: lacking self-control, powerless, inclined to excess. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 193 akratḗs (an adjective, derived from 1 /A "without" and 2904 /krátos, "prevailing power") – properly, in continent, i.e. lacking self-control (self-discipline, self-restraint; used only in 2 Tim 3:3). See 192 (akrasia). [193 (akratḗs) is the opposite (antonym) of 1468 /egkratḗs, "enabled from within" (see there).] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 193: ἀκρατήςἀκρατής, (ές, genitive (έος, (οῦς, (κράτος), without self-control, intemperate: 2 Timothy 3:3. (Frequently in secular writings from Plato and Xenophon down.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Without self-controlFrom a (as a negative particle) and kratos; powerless, i.e. Without self-control -- incontinent. see GREEK a see GREEK kratos Forms and Transliterations ακρατεις ακρατείς ἀκρατεῖς akrateis akrateîsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 1931 Occurrence ἀκρατεῖς — 1 Occ. 2 Timothy 3:3 Adj-NMP GRK: ἄσπονδοι διάβολοι ἀκρατεῖς ἀνήμεροι ἀφιλάγαθοι NAS: malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, KJV: false accusers, incontinent, fierce, INT: unappeasable slanderers without self-control savage not lovers of good |
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