What does ἐφάλλομαι (ephállomai) mean in the Bible?
ἐφάλλομαι (ephállomai) is a Greek word meaning "to spring upon".
Greek · G2177
ἐφάλλομαι
To spring upon
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ἐφάλλομαι G2177
Pronunciation ephállomai
What does ἐφάλλομαι (ephállomai) mean in the Bible?
ἐφάλλομαι (ephállomai) is a Greek word meaning "to spring upon".
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How does the BSB render G2177?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include jumped (1).
Where does ἐφάλλομαι (ephállomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 19:16. 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 jumped 1× Acts 19:16
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First aligned row Acts 19:16
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Acts 1
Source forms
ἐφαλόμενος 1x ephalomenos Acts 19:16
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 19:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to spring upon
Source Gloss
to spring upon
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
to leap upon: before ἐπί with accusative of person(s) Act.19:16.
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 19:16 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἐφαλλόμενος efallomenov
I leap upon
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.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1
Voice
middle 1
Mood
participle 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἐφάλλομαι is built from these roots:
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