H6348 H6348
Reckless, wanton, extravagant (of dangerous or immoral persons; Judges 9:4; Zephaniah 3:4)
This adjective describes reckless, wanton, or irresponsible behavior and people. Judges 9:4 calls Abimelech's mercenary followers 'reckless and worthless men'—dangerous opportunists. Zephaniah 3:4 condemns Jerusalem's prophets as 'reckless men of treachery,' spiritually irresponsible leaders. The word suggests haughty carelessness and moral instability.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Reckless, wanton, or dangerously irresponsible in character or action. Spanish 'temerarios' (reckless ones) and French 'léger' (light, frivolous) capture the moral carelessness. Both biblical uses characterize people as morally unreliable—Abimelech's hired thugs and false prophets. The participial form suggests an ongoing characteristic, not a momentary lapse. 2×
AR["طَائِشُونَ", "وَ-طَائِشِينَ"]·ben["উদ্ধত", "এবং-বেপরোয়া"]·DE["[פחזים]", "und-reckless"]·EN["and-reckless", "are-reckless"]·FR["devenir-léger", "et-reckless"]·heb["ו-פוחזים", "פוחזים"]·HI["और-उच्छृंखलों", "चंचल"]·ID["dan-nekat", "lancang"]·IT["[פחזים]", "e-reckless"]·jav["kang-sembrana", "lan-sembrana"]·KO["경솔하다", "그리고-경솔한"]·PT["e-imprudentes", "precipitados"]·RU["и-легкомысленных", "легкомысленны"]·ES["temerarios", "y-temerarios"]·SW["na-wasio-na-aibu", "wepesi"]·TR["küstahlar", "ve-pervasiz"]·urd["اور-لاپرواہ", "بے-باک"]
Related Senses
H3045 1. Qal: to know, perceive, understand (829×)H5315 1. soul, inner being (647×)H3820a 1. heart, inner self (mind/will/emotion) (572×)H4672 1. Qal: find, discover (289×)G1492 1. know facts or truths (285×)H3824 1. heart, inner self (mind/will/emotion) (250×)H1245 1. seek, search for (200×)G1097 1. know, be acquainted with (196×)H2142 1. Qal: remember, recall (173×)G2588 1. heart (inner self, mind, will) (158×)H0977 1. choose, select (Qal active) (145×)G2147 1. find, discover (144×)G5590 1. soul, inner self (100×)H4672 2. Niphal: be found, be discovered (99×)H1875 1. seek, search for (96×)H5315 2. life, vitality (94×)H1847 1. knowledge, discernment (90×)H2450 1. wise, prudent (84×)H7911 1. Qal: to forget (83×)H3684 1. fool, dullard (70×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [פָּחַ��] vb. be wanton, reckless (NH id. (rare); Arabic فَخَزَ be haughty, boastful, reckless; 𝔗 פְּחַז, Syriac ܦܚܶܙ be lascivious, in der. spec. and deriv.);— Qal Pt. אֲנָשִׁים רֵיקִים וּפֹהֲזִים Ju 9:4; of prophets Zp 3:4 extravagant (‖ אַנְשֵׁי בֹּגְדוֹת).