Quick Definition
προπετής, ές Adj impulsive, rash, reckless
Strong's Definition
from a compound of 4253 and 4098; falling forward, i.e. headlong (figuratively, precipitate)
KJV Usage: heady, rash(-ly)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ές, -οῦς | πίπτω
88.98 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Sensible Behavior, Senseless Behavior
reckless, impetuous pertaining to impetuous and reckless behavior In some instances it may be possible to translate προπετής in ACT 19:36 as ‘without thinking’ or ‘without counting the cost.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προπετής, -ἐς, (πρό and πέτω 1. 6. πίπτω) ; 1. falling forwards, headlong, sloping, precipitous: Pind. Nem. 6,107; Xen. τ. eq. 1, 8; al. 2. precipitate, rash, reckless: Acts xix. 36; 2 Tim. iii. 4, (Prov. x. 14; xiii. 3; Sir. ix. 18; Clem. Rom. 1 Cor. 1,1; and often in Grk. writ.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προπετής propetēs 2x
falling forwards; meton. precipitate, rash, Acts 19:36; 2 Tim. 3:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
προπετής, -ές
(< προπίπτω), [in LXX: Pr 10:14 (אֱוִיל) 13:3 (פֹּשׂק) Si 9:18*;]
falling forwards, headlong. Metaph., precipitate, rash, reckless: of persons, II Ti 3:4; of things, Ac 19:36.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προπετής. To the exx. which Field (Λοζος, p. 131) has collected from late Greek to illustrate this adj. = ‘‘rash,” ‘‘ headlong,’’ as in Ac τοῦδ, we may add ἡ προπετὴς μοῖρα from the epitaph Kazbel 4785 (ii/A.pD.). For a new literary reference for the subst., cf. the work on the Trojan War attributed to Dictys Cretensis, P Tebt II. 268%? (early iii/A.D.) ἡ σὴ προπέτεια.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προπετής (propetēs) — reckless. προπετ-ής, ές, (προπίπτω) falling or slipping down in bed, εἰ π. γένοιτο [Refs 5th c.BC+]out of control, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. inclined forward, κεφαλὴ τοῦ βραχίονος π. ἐς τοὔμπροσθεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; -έστεραι γένυες more prominent,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; sloping, of shoulders, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; stooping, μὴ ὀρθὸς ἀλλὰ μικρῷ -έστερος [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. thrown away, κεῖται προπετές [τὸ κάταγμα] [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. drooping, at the point of death, ζῇ γὰρ π. [Refs]; ἡ π. Μοῖρα untimely, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
5. prominent, of the eyes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; γνάθοι, ὀφρῦς, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. metaphorically,
II.1. being upon the point of, πολιὰς ἐπὶ χαίτας π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. ready for, prone to a thing, ἐπί or εἴς τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, -έστατος μεταστῆσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. headlong, π. ἄγειν τὸν ἀκροατήν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.4. precipitate, rash, reckless, π. σώματος ἡδοναί [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. γέλως uncontrolled laughter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a lot, drawn at random, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4. b of persons, οἱ θρασεῖς προπετεῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μανικὸς καὶ π. ἐπὶ τῶν κινδύνων Theopomp.[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸ π., ={προπέτεια}, opposed to τὸ σεμνόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5. ἁρμονίαι π. flowing rhythms, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.6. in Medicine texts, subject to diarrhoea, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. adverb -τῶς headlong, out of control, π. εἰς τὸ κάταντες φέρεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. metaphorically, headlong, hastily, π. φέρεσθαι εἰς τὴν τυραννίδα Id [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποκρίνεσθαι, ἀποφαίνεσθαι, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἔχειν to be rash, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; prematurely, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]