Strong G4248πρηνής
headlong
- Transliteration
- prēnēs
- Pronunciation
- pray-nace'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G4253; leaning (falling) forward (prone) that is head foremost: - headlong.
Detailed definition
πρηνής, -ές
(in Att.. also πρανής), [in LXX: Wis.4:19, 3Ma.5:43 3Mac 5:50 3Mac 6:23 *;]
headlong, prone: Act.1:18.†
(AS)
(in Att.. also πρανής), [in LXX: Wis.4:19, 3Ma.5:43 3Mac 5:50 3Mac 6:23 *;]
headlong, prone: Act.1:18.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4248 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- headlong1
First verses
- Acts 1:18Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πρᾱν-ής, ές,
Ionic dialect πρηνής (also in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 350a11, “Spir.” 484b29, “fragment” 106, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 18.3.1, 19.8.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.680a, “Tim.” 11, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 2.2, 7.22, “PMag.Par.” 1.194, etc.))], genitive έος, Attic dialect contraction οῦς:—of posture, with the face downwards, lying on the front, falling forwards, opposed to ὕπτιος, πρηνεῖς τε καὶ ὕπτιοι ἔκπεσον ἵππων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.179; ἐκ δίφροιο.. ἐξεκυλίσθη πρηνὴς ἐν κονίῃσιν ἐπὶ στόμα 6.43, compare 2.418, 4.544, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 365; πρηνὴς ἐπὶ γαίῃ κεῖτο ταθείς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.118; mostly with Verbs of falling, πρηνὴς κάππεσε, ἤριπε, ἐλιάσθη, 16.413, 5.58, 15.543)]; πρηνέα.. τανύσσας [Ἕκτορα[Refs (] 23.25; κατὰ πρηνὲς βαλέειν Πριάμοιο μέλαθρον)]headlong down, [NT (2.414; π. γενόμενος NT.Act.1.18)] (perhaps ={πρησθείς} becoming distended); ἐπὶ τὸ πρηνὲς ῥέπειν incline towards pronation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 1; ἐς τὸ π. [prev. author] “Mochl.” 8)]; of the arm and hand, with the palm downwards, variant in [Refs (“Fract.” 2)]; opposed to ὕπτιος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Spir.” [same place], 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 11)]; of ἀστράγαλοι, ὀρθοὶ πίπτοντες ἢ πρηνεῖς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 2.680a, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.204)]; of seeds, hollow side downwards, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.6.1)]; of a ship, bottom upwards, implied in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tim.” [prev. cited])]
II of parts of animals or man, that part which is uppermost and visible when the animal or man is in the πρανής position (the normal one for a quadruped), the back part, τὰ τετράποδα.. ἐν τοῖς ὑπτίοις οὐκ ἔ χει τὰς τρίχας, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τοῖς πρανέσι μᾶλλον· οἱ δ᾽ ἄνθρωποι τοὐναντίον ἐν τοῖς ὑπτίοις μᾶλλον ἢ ἐν τοῖς πρανέσιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 658a17, compare “HA” 498b20, 519a21, 540a2, “GA” 717b30.)]
II.2 of leaves and of the hand, the back or 'wrong' side, τὰς ἶνας καὶ τὰς φλέβας ἐν τοῖς π. ἔχουσιν ὥσπερ ἡ χείρ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.10.2)] (misunderstood as the opposite by [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 16.88), compare 3.14.2.)]
III of the sides of hills, πρὸς ἄναντες καὶ κατὰ πρανοῦς καὶ πλάγια ἐλαύνειν down hill, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 3.7, compare “An.” 1.5.8, 4.8.28, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 18; κατὰ τὰ π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 8.6)]; τὸ π., opposed to τὸ ὄρθιον, [Refs ([prev. passage],compare “Cyr.” 2.2.24.)]
III.2 convex, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 350a11.)]
Ionic dialect πρηνής (also in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 350a11, “Spir.” 484b29, “fragment” 106, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 18.3.1, 19.8.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.680a, “Tim.” 11, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 2.2, 7.22, “PMag.Par.” 1.194, etc.))], genitive έος, Attic dialect contraction οῦς:—of posture, with the face downwards, lying on the front, falling forwards, opposed to ὕπτιος, πρηνεῖς τε καὶ ὕπτιοι ἔκπεσον ἵππων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.179; ἐκ δίφροιο.. ἐξεκυλίσθη πρηνὴς ἐν κονίῃσιν ἐπὶ στόμα 6.43, compare 2.418, 4.544, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 365; πρηνὴς ἐπὶ γαίῃ κεῖτο ταθείς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.118; mostly with Verbs of falling, πρηνὴς κάππεσε, ἤριπε, ἐλιάσθη, 16.413, 5.58, 15.543)]; πρηνέα.. τανύσσας [Ἕκτορα[Refs (] 23.25; κατὰ πρηνὲς βαλέειν Πριάμοιο μέλαθρον)]headlong down, [NT (2.414; π. γενόμενος NT.Act.1.18)] (perhaps ={πρησθείς} becoming distended); ἐπὶ τὸ πρηνὲς ῥέπειν incline towards pronation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 1; ἐς τὸ π. [prev. author] “Mochl.” 8)]; of the arm and hand, with the palm downwards, variant in [Refs (“Fract.” 2)]; opposed to ὕπτιος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Spir.” [same place], 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 11)]; of ἀστράγαλοι, ὀρθοὶ πίπτοντες ἢ πρηνεῖς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 2.680a, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.204)]; of seeds, hollow side downwards, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.6.1)]; of a ship, bottom upwards, implied in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tim.” [prev. cited])]
II of parts of animals or man, that part which is uppermost and visible when the animal or man is in the πρανής position (the normal one for a quadruped), the back part, τὰ τετράποδα.. ἐν τοῖς ὑπτίοις οὐκ ἔ χει τὰς τρίχας, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τοῖς πρανέσι μᾶλλον· οἱ δ᾽ ἄνθρωποι τοὐναντίον ἐν τοῖς ὑπτίοις μᾶλλον ἢ ἐν τοῖς πρανέσιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 658a17, compare “HA” 498b20, 519a21, 540a2, “GA” 717b30.)]
II.2 of leaves and of the hand, the back or 'wrong' side, τὰς ἶνας καὶ τὰς φλέβας ἐν τοῖς π. ἔχουσιν ὥσπερ ἡ χείρ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.10.2)] (misunderstood as the opposite by [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 16.88), compare 3.14.2.)]
III of the sides of hills, πρὸς ἄναντες καὶ κατὰ πρανοῦς καὶ πλάγια ἐλαύνειν down hill, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 3.7, compare “An.” 1.5.8, 4.8.28, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 18; κατὰ τὰ π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 8.6)]; τὸ π., opposed to τὸ ὄρθιον, [Refs ([prev. passage],compare “Cyr.” 2.2.24.)]
III.2 convex, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 350a11.)]