Strong's Lexicon
G4312 — προπετής
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4312 |
|---|---|
| Word: | προπετής |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from a compound of G4253 and G4098 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | propetes |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | prop-et-ace' |
| Meaning: | 1. falling forward, i.e. headlong 2. (figuratively) hasty, rash |
| KJV Renderings: | heady, rash(-ly) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προπετής, προπετές (πρό and πέτω i. e. πίπτω);
1. falling forward, headlong, sloping, precipitous: Pindar Nem. 6, 107; Xenophon, r. eq. 1, 8; others.
2. precipitate, rash, reckless: Act 19:36; 2Ti 3:4 (Pro 10:14; Pro 13:3; Sir 9:18; Clement of Rome, 1Co 1:1-31; 1Co 1:1-31 [ET]; and often in Greek writings).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
προπετής (heady)
Acts 19:36
- KJV: Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against ye ought to be quiet and to do nothing rashly
- GK: αναντιρρήτων ούν όντων τούτων δέον εστίν υμάς κατεσταλμένους υπάρχειν και μηδέν προπετές πράσσειν
2 Timothy 3:4
- KJV: Traitors heady highminded lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God
- GK: προδόται προπετείς τετυφωμένοι φιλήδονοι μάλλον η φιλόθεοι
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