adjective
prēnos
Greekπρηνής (prēnēs)
Strong’sG4248
falling headlong
stem prēn-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** πρηνής, -ές
(in Att. also πρανής), [in LXX: Wi 4:19, III Mac 5:43, 50 6:23*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4248 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpray-nace'
leaning (falling) forward ("prone"), i.e. head foremost
Fromfrom G4253;
King Jamesheadlong.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | prēnos1×πρηνὴς | prēnas | prēnem | prēnois | prēnais | prēneim |
| object accusative | prēnon | prēnan | prēnoin | prēnain | ||
| direct address vocative | prēnor | prēnar | prēnoir | prēnair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | prēnou | prēnau | prēneu | prēnoiu | prēnaiu | prēneiu |
| to, for dative | prēno | prēna | prēne | prēnoi | prēnai | prēnei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
prēn is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
prēnos“falling headlong”subjectnominative singular1×
Acts 1:18“falling headlong”Houtos men oun kteta chōriem ek misthou tau adikiau, kai prēnos gineratos lakata mesos, kai ekchita panteim teim splanchneim autou.(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.