Exanatello is a compound of ex (out), ana (up), and tello (to set/bear). It appears in Matthew 13:5 and Mark 4:5 in the Parable of the Sower: seed on rocky ground 'sprang up quickly' (exanetellen) but withered because it had no depth. The word captures rapid, surface-level growth that lacks root.
The speed of exanatello is not its problem — speed without depth is. The rocky-soil hearer receives the word with 'immediate joy' (Matthew 13:20) — a genuine but rootless response. This is one of the most sobering warnings in the Gospels: impressive initial spiritual responses can mask absence of genuine transformation. True disciples are not known by the height of their first spring but by the depth of their roots in trial. Endurance, not excitement, is the mark of genuine faith.