Headlong

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Κατακρημνίζω (Strong'S #2630 — Verb — katakremnizo — kat-ak-rame-nid'-zo )

signifies "to throw over a precipice" (kata, "down," kremnos, "a steep bank," etc.), said of the purpose of the people of Nazareth to destroy Christ,  Luke 4:29 .

2: Πρηνής (Strong'S #4248 — Adjective — prenes — pray-nace' )

an adjective denoting "headlong, prone," is used with the verb ginomai, "to become," in  Acts 1:18 , of the death of Judas, "falling headlong;" various suggestions have been made as to the actual details; some ascribe to the word the meaning "swelling up."

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( a. & adv.) With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong.

(2): ( a. & adv.) Hastily; without delay or respite.

(3): ( a. & adv.) Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.

(4): ( a.) Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.

(5): ( a.) Steep; precipitous.

King James Dictionary

Headlong adv. hed'long. With the head foremost as, to fall headlong.

1. Rashly precipitately without deliberation.

--He hurries headlong to his fate.

2. Hastily without delay or respite.

HEADLONG, a. hed'long. Steep precipitous.

1. Rash precipitate as headlong folly.