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Headstrong, Heady

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: προπετής

(Strong's #4312 — Adjective — propetes — prop-et-ace' )

lit. means "falling forwards" (from pro, "forwards," and pipto, "to fall"); it is used metaphorically to signify "precipitate, rash, reckless," and is said (a) of persons, 2 Timothy 3:4; "headstrong" is the appropriate rendering; (b) of things, Acts 19:36 , RV, "(nothing) rash" (AV, "rashly").

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Headstrong, Heady'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​h/headstrong-heady.html. 1940.
 
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