King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2000
Transliteration: episphalēs
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-sfal-ace')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: prone to fall
Meaning: prone to fall
ἐπισφαλής, ἐπιφαλες (σφάλλω to cause to fall), prone to fall: πλοῦς, a dangerous voyage, Acts 27:9. (Plato, Polybius, Plutarch, others.)
Word Summary
episphalēs: prone to fall
Original Word: ἐπισφαλήςTransliteration: episphalēs
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-sfal-ace')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: prone to fall
Meaning: prone to fall
Strong's Concordance
dangerous. From a compound of epi and sphallo (to trip); figuratively, insecure -- dangerous.
see GREEK epi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2000: ἐπισφαλήςἐπισφαλής, ἐπιφαλες (σφάλλω to cause to fall), prone to fall: πλοῦς, a dangerous voyage, Acts 27:9. (Plato, Polybius, Plutarch, others.)