Strong G4312προπετής
reckless
- Transliteration
- propetēs
- Pronunciation
- prop-et-ace'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
προπετής, -ές
(προπίπτω), [in LXX: Pro.10:14 (אֱוִיל) Pro.13:3 (פָּשַׂק) Sir.9:18 *;]
falling forwards, headlong. Metaphorical, precipitate, rash, reckless: of persons, 2Ti.3:4; of things, Act.19:36.†
(AS)
(προπίπτω), [in LXX: Pro.10:14 (אֱוִיל) Pro.13:3 (פָּשַׂק) Sir.9:18 *;]
falling forwards, headlong. Metaphorical, precipitate, rash, reckless: of persons, 2Ti.3:4; of things, Act.19:36.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4312 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- heady1
- rashly1
First verses
- Acts 19:36Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
- 2 Timothy 3:4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
προπετ-ής, ές,
(προπίπτω) falling or slipping down in bed, εἰ π. γένοιτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 3; π. ἐπὶ πόδας [prev. author] “Coac.” 487; π. ἂν ἐγίνετο ἡ βάδισις)]out of control, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Incessu Animalium” 712a29, cf. Diocl.fragment 142.)]
2 inclined forward, κεφαλὴ τοῦ βραχίονος π. ἐς τοὔμπροσθεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 1)]; -έστεραι γένυες more prominent,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 31; ὁ μὲν αὐχὴν.. μὴ π. πεφύκοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.8)]; sloping, of shoulders, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.623)]; stooping, μὴ ὀρθὸς ἀλλὰ μικρῷ -έστερος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 807b31.)]
3 thrown away, κεῖται προπετές [τὸ κάταγμα] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 701.)]
4 drooping, at the point of death, ζῇ γὰρ π. [Refs ([prev. work] 976 (_anapaest meter_))]; ἡ π. Μοῖρα untimely, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 5(1).1355 (Messenia, 2nd c.AD).)]
5 prominent, of the eyes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.189, 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “Synopsis” 8.10, 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “Problemata - Physici et Medici Graeci Minores” 2.22)]; γνάθοι, ὀφρῦς, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.68, 134.)]
II metaphorically,
II.1 being upon the point of, πολιὰς ἐπὶ χαίτας π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 909 (Lyric poetry); τύμβου π. παρθένος [prev. author] “Hec.” 150 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II.2 ready for, prone to a thing, ἐπί or εἴς τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.15, 6.5.24; πρὸς τὰς ἡδονάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 792d)]: with infinitive, -έστατος μεταστῆσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.30.)]
II.3 headlong, π. ἄγειν τὸν ἀκροατήν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1409b31.)]
II.4 precipitate, rash, reckless, π. σώματος ἡδοναί [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.191)]; π. γέλως uncontrolled laughter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.15; εἴ τι -έστερον ἔπραττον 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Dem.fragment” 6, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 441; ἡ π. ἀκρασία 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1150b26; π. βίος 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 382; π. γλῶσσα 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.57)]; of a lot, drawn at random, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.63.)]
II.4.b of persons, οἱ θρασεῖς προπετεῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1116a7; τὰ θήλεα.. [τῶν ἀρρένων] -έστερα [prev. author] “HA” 608b1)]; μανικὸς καὶ π. ἐπὶ τῶν κινδύνων Theopomp.[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Hist. 268; οἱ π. 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.13.5; οἱ γλώσσῃ προπετεῖς “APl.” 4.89 (Gall.))]; τὸ π., ={προπέτεια}, opposed to τὸ σεμνόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἰητροῦ” 1.)]
II.5 ἁρμονίαι π. flowing rhythms, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 40.)]
II.6 in Medicine texts, subject to diarrhoea, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.584d (_comparative_).)]
III adverb -τῶς headlong, out of control, π. εἰς τὸ κάταντες φέρεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 8.8.)]
III.2 metaphorically, headlong, hastily, π. φέρεσθαι εἰς τὴν τυραννίδα Id [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Hier.” 7.2; προπετέως ταχυγλωσσότεροι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 4.45; ἐπερέσθαι π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.8, cf. Mem. “Epit.” 306)]; ἀποκρίνεσθαι, ἀποφαίνεσθαι, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 45a, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.272, etc.)]; π. ἔχειν to be rash, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.4 (variant); μηδὲν.. πράξῃς π. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 574)]; prematurely, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Anthologia Graeca 5.144 (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus); -έστερον χρῆσθαι ταῖς προνομαῖς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.102.11.)]
(προπίπτω) falling or slipping down in bed, εἰ π. γένοιτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 3; π. ἐπὶ πόδας [prev. author] “Coac.” 487; π. ἂν ἐγίνετο ἡ βάδισις)]out of control, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Incessu Animalium” 712a29, cf. Diocl.fragment 142.)]
2 inclined forward, κεφαλὴ τοῦ βραχίονος π. ἐς τοὔμπροσθεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 1)]; -έστεραι γένυες more prominent,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 31; ὁ μὲν αὐχὴν.. μὴ π. πεφύκοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.8)]; sloping, of shoulders, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.623)]; stooping, μὴ ὀρθὸς ἀλλὰ μικρῷ -έστερος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 807b31.)]
3 thrown away, κεῖται προπετές [τὸ κάταγμα] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 701.)]
4 drooping, at the point of death, ζῇ γὰρ π. [Refs ([prev. work] 976 (_anapaest meter_))]; ἡ π. Μοῖρα untimely, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 5(1).1355 (Messenia, 2nd c.AD).)]
5 prominent, of the eyes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.189, 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “Synopsis” 8.10, 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “Problemata - Physici et Medici Graeci Minores” 2.22)]; γνάθοι, ὀφρῦς, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.68, 134.)]
II metaphorically,
II.1 being upon the point of, πολιὰς ἐπὶ χαίτας π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 909 (Lyric poetry); τύμβου π. παρθένος [prev. author] “Hec.” 150 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II.2 ready for, prone to a thing, ἐπί or εἴς τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.15, 6.5.24; πρὸς τὰς ἡδονάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 792d)]: with infinitive, -έστατος μεταστῆσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.30.)]
II.3 headlong, π. ἄγειν τὸν ἀκροατήν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1409b31.)]
II.4 precipitate, rash, reckless, π. σώματος ἡδοναί [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.191)]; π. γέλως uncontrolled laughter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.15; εἴ τι -έστερον ἔπραττον 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Dem.fragment” 6, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 441; ἡ π. ἀκρασία 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1150b26; π. βίος 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 382; π. γλῶσσα 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.57)]; of a lot, drawn at random, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.63.)]
II.4.b of persons, οἱ θρασεῖς προπετεῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1116a7; τὰ θήλεα.. [τῶν ἀρρένων] -έστερα [prev. author] “HA” 608b1)]; μανικὸς καὶ π. ἐπὶ τῶν κινδύνων Theopomp.[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Hist. 268; οἱ π. 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.13.5; οἱ γλώσσῃ προπετεῖς “APl.” 4.89 (Gall.))]; τὸ π., ={προπέτεια}, opposed to τὸ σεμνόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἰητροῦ” 1.)]
II.5 ἁρμονίαι π. flowing rhythms, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 40.)]
II.6 in Medicine texts, subject to diarrhoea, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.584d (_comparative_).)]
III adverb -τῶς headlong, out of control, π. εἰς τὸ κάταντες φέρεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 8.8.)]
III.2 metaphorically, headlong, hastily, π. φέρεσθαι εἰς τὴν τυραννίδα Id [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Hier.” 7.2; προπετέως ταχυγλωσσότεροι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 4.45; ἐπερέσθαι π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.8, cf. Mem. “Epit.” 306)]; ἀποκρίνεσθαι, ἀποφαίνεσθαι, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 45a, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.272, etc.)]; π. ἔχειν to be rash, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.4 (variant); μηδὲν.. πράξῃς π. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 574)]; prematurely, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Anthologia Graeca 5.144 (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus); -έστερον χρῆσθαι ταῖς προνομαῖς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.102.11.)]