HEADY (hed'y), (Gr. irpoirurhs,firofi-el-ace', fall ing forward).
This is the translation in 2 Tim. iii A. V., which in Acts xix:36, its only remaining occur rence in the New Testament is translated 'rashly' (R. V. `rash'). Heady is from Tyndale ; and has been adopted by all the revises thereafter, except Rheims V. 'stubburne,' and R. V. which uses its modern equivalent in this sense, 'headstrong.' HEAL (hei), (Help. 8;,„ rczzo-fihaw').
1. To cure the ailments of one's body (Matt.
2. To cure the maladies of men's souls, by ior giving their sins, turning them from sin to God, and filling them with spiritual comfort (Ps. vi :2 ; RCN'. XXii :2).
FiguratiVe. (1) God's saving ltcalth is his salvation, or his Son in his saving offices (Ps. lxvii:2); and he is the health of his people's countenances, as by vouchsafing his salvation, he cheers and exhilarates them (Ps xlii:ii). (2) To heal nations and churches, is to redress their grievances, purify their corruptions, and reduce them to a fixed and regular state (Jet% xiv :19) ; and their health and cure, is their civil and re ligious prosperity (Jer. viii :22; XXX :17; li:8, 9).
(3) False prophets heal by flattering men in their sins, and encouraging them in false hopes of de liverance and prosperity (Jer. vi:14; viii :11).
HEAP (hep), the translation of several Hebrew words, with the general meaning of a collection of things so as to form a pile or elevation.
The term was applied to a mass of earth or stones covering over or..marking the place of a grave (Josh. vii :26; vitt :29; 2 Sail]. XVill :17) ; to the ruins of walls and cities (Job viii :17; Is. xxv :2 ; Jer. ix :t t) ; a pile (e. g., of rubbish, Neh. iv:2 ; of grain, Cant. vii :2; of sheaves, Ruth iii :7 ; Hag. ii :t6, etc.).