Incontinent Incontinency

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]

A — 1: Ἀκρασία (Strong'S #192 — Noun Feminine — akrasia — ak-ras-ee'-a )

denotes "want of power" (a, negative, kratos, "power"); hence, "want of self-control, incontinency,"  1—Corinthians 7:5; in  Matthew 23:25 , "excess." See Excess.

B — 1: Ἀκρατής (Strong'S #193 — Adjective — akrates — ak-rat'-ace )

denotes "powerless, impotent;" in a moral sense, unrestrained, "without self-control,"  2—Timothy 3:3 , RV (AV, "incontinent"). See Self-Control.

Holman Bible Dictionary [2]

 1 Corinthians 7:5 2 Timothy 3:3

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