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Strong's #2000 - ἐπισφαλής

Transliteration
episphalḗs
Phonetics
ep-ee-sfal-ace'
Origin
from a compound of (G1909) and sphallo (to trip)
Parts of Speech
adjective
TDNT
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Definition   
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  1. prone to fall
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐπισφαλ-ής, ές, (σφάλλομαι)

I prone to fall, unstable, precarious, τὰ μεγάλα πάντα ἐπισφαλῆ Pl. R. 497d; -εστέρα δύναμις D. 2.15, cf. Arist. EN 1155a10; ἐπισφαλές [ ἐστι ] Id. Pol. 1264b6; ἐ. φύσει βίος Men. Epit. 126.

II (σφάλλω)

1. making to fall, misleading, εἰς βλάβην Plu. 2.653d, etc.

2. dangerous, νόσημα Hp. VM 9; νόσοι Ph. 2.413; καιροί Plb. 1.66.12: Sup. -εστάτη, χώρα Id. 2.29.2; τοῦ ἀγχιβαθοῦς τῶν ἑλῶν Πωμαίοις -σφαλοῦς ἐσομένου Hdn. 7.2.5; ἐπισφαλές [ἐστι ] παρακοῦσαι Epicur. Fr. 200. Adv. -λῶς, ἔχειν, διακεῖσθαι, to be in danger, Plb. 6.25.4, Plu. Sol. 13; ἐ. βεβηκώς LXX Wi. 4.4: Sup. -έστατα, περᾶσαι Plu. Cat.Mi. 15.

3. dubious, Adv. Comp. -έστερον Aristeas 314.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐπισφαλής, ἐπιφαλες (σφάλλω to cause to fall), prone to fall: πλοῦς, a dangerous voyage, Acts 27:9. (Plato, Polybius, Plutarch, others.)


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** ἐπισφαλής , -ές

(< σφάλλω , to cause to full),

[in LXX: Wisdom of Solomon 9:14 (cf. -ῶς , Wisdom of Solomon 4:4) *;]

1. prone to fall (Plat.).

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


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

This adj., which is peculiar to Lk in the NT (Acts 27:9 : cf. Hobart, p. 201) appears ter in Menandrea, e.g. p. 14.126 ὄντ᾽ ἐπισφαλῆ φύσει | τὸν βίον ἁπάντων τῆι προνοίαι δεῖ, πάτερ, τηρεῖν.

For the adv., as in Sap 4.4, cf. P Oxy I. 76.20 (A.D. 179) νοσήσας ἐπισφαλῶς ἔχει, ";has fallen ill and is in a precarious condition"; (Edd.).

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
επισφαλους επισφαλούς ἐπισφαλοῦς επισφραγίζουσιν episphalous episphaloûs
 
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