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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ἐπισφαλήςG2000
Pronunciationepisphalḗs
What does ἐπισφαλής (episphalḗs) mean in the Bible?
ἐπισφαλής (episphalḗs): Precarious or risky state liable to collapse; describes hazardous conditions threatening safety or stability
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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 Itdangerous1×Acts 27:9
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First aligned rowActs 27:9
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Acts1
Source forms
ἐπισφαλοῦς1xepisphalousActs 27:9
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular1xActs 27:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Precarious or risky state liable to collapse; describes hazardous conditions threatening safety or stability
Strong'sG2000
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Study linkActs 27:1-12Source Gloss
figuratively, insecure
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 27:9Adjective Genitive Singular Masculine
ἐπισφαλοῦςepisfalouv
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 patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternGenitive (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · MasculineActs 27:91×
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