adjective

episfalos

Greekἐπισφαλής (episfalēs)

Strong’sG2000

dangerous, likely to fall

stem episfal-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

dangerous1×

What it means

** ἐπισφαλής, -ές

(< σφάλλω, to cause to fall), [in LXX: Wi 9:14 (cf. -ῶς, ib. 4:4) *;]

1. prone to fall (Plat.).

2. dangerous (Hipp., Plut., al.): Ac 27:9.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2000 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ee-sfal-ace'

figuratively, insecure

Fromfrom a compound of G1909 and σφάλλω (to trip);

King Jamesdangerous.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	episfalos	episfalas	episfalem	episfalois	episfalais	episfaleim
object accusative	episfalon	episfalan		episfaloin	episfalain
direct address vocative	episfalor	episfalar		episfaloir	episfalair
of, belonging to genitive	episfalou1×ἐπισφαλοῦς	episfalau	episfaleu	episfaloiu	episfalaiu	episfaleiu
to, for dative	episfalo	episfala	episfale	episfaloi	episfalai	episfalei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

episfalstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

episfal is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

episfalou“dangerous”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Acts 27:9“dangerous”Hikanou de chronou diagineratou kai arōtou ēdē episfalou tou plouou dia tem kai tan nēsteian ēdē parercharē, parainate tos PaulosBy now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,