CategoryArchaic Word / Moral Term
Modern Equivalentwithout self-control; uncontrolled.
KJV Word TypeAdjective
DefinitionLacking self-control or restraint, especially in desires, conduct, or passions.
Key Verses"Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good." (2 Timothy 3:3)
KJV Usage NoteIn the KJV, the word describes moral or behavioral lack of restraint rather than a medical condition.
Common MisunderstandingModern readers may associate it with bodily control, but the older KJV sense is lack of self-control generally.
EtymologyFrom Latin incontinens, meaning "not holding in" or "unrestrained."