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Intemperate

ἀκρατήςStrong’s G0193

akratēs

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Akratēs is the Greek word usually translated “without self-control”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,”
2 Timothy 3:3 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “without self-control”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • without self-control 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Timothy 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ἀκρατής akratēs · intemperate

    ἀκρατής, -ές (κράτος), [in LXX: Pro.27:20 * ;] (a) powerless, impotent; (b) in moral sense, lacking self-control, incontinent: 2Ti.3:3.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “intemperate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    INTEM'PERATE, adjective

    [Latin intemperatus; in and temperatus, from tempero, to moderate or restrain.]

    1. Not moderate or restrained within due limits; indulging to excess any appetite or passion, either habitually or in a particular instance; immoderate in enjoyment or exertion.
    2. Addicted to an excessive or habitual use of spirituous liquors.
    3. Passionate; ungovernable.
    4. Excessive; exceeding the convenient mean or degree; as an intemperate climate.
    All definitions and other forms of “intemperate”

      INTEM'PERATE, verb transitive

      To disorder. [Not in use.]

        Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

        Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.