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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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lit. denotes "want of strength" (a negative, kratos, "strength"), hence, "want of self-control, incontinence," Matthew 23:25 , "excess;" 1 Corinthians 7:5 , "incontinency." Cp. akrates, "powerless, incontinent," 2 Timothy 3:3 , RV, "without self-control."
lit., "a pouring out, overflowing" (akin to anacheo, "to pour out"), is used metaphorically in 1 Peter 4:4 , "excess," said of the riotous conduct described in ver. 3.
Notes: (1) Asotia denotes "prodigality, profligacy, riot" (from a, negative, and sozo, "to save"); it is translated "riot" in Ephesians 5:18 , RV, for AV, "excess;" in Titus 1:6; 1 Peter 4:4 , "riot" in AV and RV. See RIOT. Cp. the adverb asotos, "wastefully," "in riotous living," Luke 15:13 . A synonymous noun is aselgeia, "lasciviousness, outrageous conduct, wanton violence." (2) In 1 Peter 4:3 , oinophlugia, "drunkenness, debauchery" (oinos, "wine," phluo, "to bubble up, overflow"), is rendered "excess of wine," AV (RV, "winebibbings").Copyright Statement
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Excess'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/e/excess.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Excess'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/e/excess.html. 1940.
