Topic
Heady
2 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Acts 19:36ISBE
Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
- 2 Timothy 3:4ISBE
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
hed'i: The translation in the King James Version of propetes, "falling forward," trop. "prone," "ready to do anything," "precipitate," "headlong" (2Ti 3:4, "heady, high-minded," etc., the Revised Version (British and American) "headstrong"; in Ac 19:36, the only other place in the New Testament where propetes occurs, the King James Version has "rashly," the Revised Version (British and American) "rash"). "Headstrong signifies strong in the head or the mind, and heady, full of one's own head" (Crabb, English Synonyms). "Heady confidence promises victory without contest" (Johnson).
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.