akratés: powerless, impotent Original Word: ἀκρατής, ές
Part 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.
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).] Word Origin
from alpha (as a neg. prefix) and kratos
Definition
powerless, impotent
NASB Translation
without self-control (1).
STRONGS NT 193: ἀκρατής
ἀκρατής, (ές, genitive (έος, (οῦς, (κράτος), without self-control, intemperate: 2 Timothy 3:3. (Frequently in secular writings from Plato and Xenophon down.)
Without self-controlFrom a (as a negative particle) and kratos; powerless, i.e. Without self-control -- incontinent. see GREEK a see GREEK kratos
ακρατεις ακρατείς ἀκρατεῖς akrateis akrateîs
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