Definition

powerless, i.e. without self-control

Etymology

from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G2904 (κράτος);

Word family

• Α A
• κράτος krátos

How the KJV renders it

• incontinent

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.