What does ἐπισφαλής (episphalḗs) mean in the Bible?
ἐπισφαλής (episphalḗs): Precarious or risky state liable to collapse; describes hazardous conditions threatening safety or stability
Greek · G2000
ἐπισφαλής
Figuratively, insecure
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ἐπισφαλής G2000
Pronunciation episphalḗs
What does ἐπισφαλής (episphalḗs) mean in the Bible?
ἐπισφαλής (episphalḗs): Precarious or risky state liable to collapse; describes hazardous conditions threatening safety or stability
Full entry for ἐπισφαλής (G2000) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2000?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include dangerous (1).
Where does ἐπισφαλής (episphalḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 27:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It dangerous 1× Acts 27:9
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 27:9
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Acts 1
Source forms
ἐπισφαλοῦς 1x episphalous Acts 27:9
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Acts 27:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Precarious or risky state liable to collapse; describes hazardous conditions threatening safety or stability
Strong's G2000
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 27:1-12 Source Gloss
figuratively, insecure
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Precarious or risky state liable to collapse; describes hazardous conditions threatening safety or stability
(σφάλλω, to cause to full), [in LXX: Wis.9:14 (cf. -ῶς, Wis.4:4) * ;]
1prone to fall (Plat.).
2dangerous (Hipp., Plut., al.): Act.27:9.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 27:9 Adjective Genitive Singular Masculine
ἐπισφαλοῦς episfalouv
dangerous, likely to fall
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Genitive (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Acts 27:9 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
Unsafe or hazardous.
Word Origins
ἐπισφαλής is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Signals the serious risk acknowledged by Paul. Acts 27:1-12
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain