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Incontinency, Incontinent
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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.
denotes "powerless, impotent;" in a moral sense, unrestrained, "without self-control," 2 Timothy 3:3 , RV (AV, "incontinent"). See SELF-CONTROL.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Incontinency, Incontinent'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/i/incontinency-incontinent.html. 1940.