Lexicon propetés: falling forward, headlong Original Word: προπετής, έςPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: propetés Phonetic Spelling: (prop-et-ace') Short Definition: impulsive, rash, reckless Definition: impulsive, rash, reckless. HELPS word-Studies 4312 propetḗss (an adjective derived from 4253 /pró, "before" and 4098 /píptō, "to fall") – properly, "fall forwards," i.e. headstrong; rash ("heady"), brought on by unbridled passion, etc. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom a comp. of pro and piptóDefinitionfalling forward, headlong NASB Translationrash (1), reckless (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4312: προπετήςπροπετής, 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: Acts 19:36; 2 Timothy 3:4 (Proverbs 10:14; Proverbs 13:3; Sir. 9:18; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 1, 1 [ET]; and often in Greek writings).
Strong's reckless, thoughtless From a compound of pro and pipto; falling forward, i.e. Headlong (figuratively, precipitate) -- heady, rash(-ly). see GREEK pro see GREEK pipto |
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