⸀ἀκρασίας.

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ⸀ἀκρασίας.

   a-kra-SI-as

   self-indulgence
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ἔσωθεν δὲ γέμουσιν ἐξ ἁρπαγῆς καὶ ⸀ἀκρασίας.

   E-sô-then DE YE-moo-sin eks har-pa-YÊS KAI a-kra-SI-as

   but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence
3. sentence🔊 Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι καθαρίζετε τὸ ἔξωθεν τοῦ ποτηρίου καὶ τῆς παροψίδος, ἔσωθεν δὲ γέμουσιν ἐξ ἁρπαγῆς καὶ ⸀ἀκρασίας.

   oo-AI hy-MEEN gram-ma-TEIS KAI pha-ri-SAI-oi hy-po-kri-TAI HO-ti ka-tha-RI-ze-te TO EK-sô-then TOO po-tê-RI-oo KAI TÊS pa-rop-SI-dos E-sô-then DE YE-moo-sin eks har-pa-YÊS KAI a-kra-SI-as

   woe to you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites because you clean the outside of the cup and of the plate but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase ex arpagēs kai akrasias {ἐξ ἀρπαγῆς καὶ ἀκρασίας | ex harpagês kaì akrasías} uses the preposition ex with genitives to indicate what fills the interior: ‘greed’ and ‘self-indulgence.’ The deliberate outside/inside parallelism and the vivid stative verb ‘are full’ underline the discrepancy between ritual purity and moral corruption; the translations therefore preserve the spatial terms and the causal and contrastive connectors to reflect this sharp antithesis in English.

Root and etymology

krateo🔊 κρατέωkappa–rho–alpha–tau–epsilon–omega

“to hold, have power, control”

• 🔊 ἀκρατήςalpha–kappa–rho–alpha–tau–eta–sigmawithout self-control2 Timothy 3:3
• 🔊 ἐγκράτειαepsilon–nu–gamma–kappa–rho–alpha–tau–epsilon–iota–alphaself-controlGalatians 5:23