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2000. episphales -- prone to fall
... prone to fall. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: episphales Phonetic Spelling:
(ep-ee-sfal-ace') Short Definition: dangerous, likely to fall Definition ...
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3711. orgilos -- inclined to anger, passionate
... inclined to anger, passionate. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: orgilos
Phonetic Spelling: (org-ee'-los) Short Definition: prone to anger Definition ...
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4248. prenes -- headlong
... Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: prenes Phonetic Spelling: (pray-nace')
Short Definition: falling headlong Definition: falling headlong, prone. ...
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Library

You are as Prone to Love
... THE SECOND CENTURY 65 You are as prone to love. You are as prone to love,
as the sun is to shine; it being the most delightful and ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/65 you are as prone.htm

But as Men are Prone to Estimate Sins...
... Book 3 Chapter 15. But as men are prone to estimate sins� 15. But as men
are prone to estimate sins, not by reference to their ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 15 but as men.htm

Men, Though Prone to Lust, and Inclined, through Weakness of ...
... Book IV. 23 Men, though prone to lust, and inclined, through weakness of
character� Men, though prone to lust, and inclined, through ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/23 men though prone to.htm

That we must not Believe Everyone, and that we are Prone to Fall ...
... THE THIRD BOOK. ON INWARD CONSOLATION CHAPTER XLV That we must not believe
everyone, and that we are prone to fall in our words. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/kempis/imitation of christ/chapter xlv that we must.htm

He Shows by Example that Even Infancy is Prone to Sin.
... Book I. Chapter VII."He Shows by Example that Even Infancy is Prone to
Sin. 11. Hearken, O God! Alas for the sins of men! Man ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/chapter vii he shows by example.htm

Whether the Precepts of the Decalogue are Suitably Formulated?
... the demons. Reply to Objection 4: Punishments are necessary against those
who are prone to evil, as stated in Ethic. x, 9. Wherefore ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the precepts of the 3.htm

Sundry Quotations from Hermogenes Now Uncertain and Vague are his ...
... the boiling water of the caldron; it would rather be even and regular, oscillating
indeed of its own accord between good and evil, but yet not prone or tending ...
/.../tertullian/against hermogenes/chapter xli sundry quotations from hermogenes.htm

The Offending Hand, or Foot, or Eye.
... [5972] For the practical faculty of the soul, if prone to sin, and the walking faculty
of the soul, so to speak, if prone to sin, and the faculty of clear ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/24 the offending hand or.htm

But what Creature could I Desire to be which I am not Made? There ...
... He is infinitely prone to love, and thou art like Him. ... What can more agree than that
which is infinitely lovely, and that which is infinitely prone to love! ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/67 but what creature could.htm

"The Truth. " Some Generals Proposed.
... the way and the truth, be false ways and by-ways, leading us away from the true
resting-place, and from that way which is the truth; yet we are prone and ready ...
/.../brown/christ the way the truth and the life/chapter x the truth some.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Bending forward; inclined; not erect.

2. (a.) Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine.

3. (a.) Headlong; running downward or headlong.

4. (a.) Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level.

5. (a.) Inclined; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to.

Thesaurus

Prone (1 Occurrence)
... Followed by to. Multi-Version Concordance Prone (1 Occurrence). Exodus
32:22 Aaron said, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot. ...
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Astrology
... THE WORSHIP OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES THE FORM OF IDOLATRY TO WHICH THE ISRAELITES
WERE MOST PRONE 1. Chiun, Certainly the Planet Saturn 2. Saturn or Moloch ...
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Uncertainty (4 Occurrences)
... and so "uncertain." Also the King James Version The Wisdom of Solomon 9:14 for
episphales, "unsteady," the Revised Version (British and American) "prone to fall ...
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Uncertain (13 Occurrences)
... and so "uncertain." Also the King James Version The Wisdom of Solomon 9:14 for
episphales, "unsteady," the Revised Version (British and American) "prone to fall ...
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Irascible (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger;
choleric; as, an irascible temper or mood. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Indecisive (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (a.) Undetermined; prone to indecision; irresolute; unsettled; wavering; vacillating;
hesitating; as, an indecisive state of mind; an indecisive character. ...
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Factious (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Given to dissension, in opposition to the common good; turbulent; seditious;
prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons. ...
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Fable
... See ALLEGORY; PARABLE. (2) The Semitic mind is peculiarly prone to allegorical
expression, and a modern Arabian storyteller will invent a fable or a parable as ...
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Revengeful (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious;
revenging; wreaking revenge. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Erect (17 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Upright, or having a vertical position; not
inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect. ...
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Bible Concordance

Prone (1 Occurrence)

Exodus 32:22 Aaron said, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.
(See NAS NIV)

Subtopics

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Astrology

Uncertainty (4 Occurrences)

Uncertain (13 Occurrences)

Irascible (1 Occurrence)

Indecisive (1 Occurrence)

Factious (2 Occurrences)