ἘΠΙΣΦΑΛΕΙΣ, ἐπισφαλεις
EPISPHALEIS, episphaleis
Sounds Like: ep-is-fa-LEIS
Translations: dangerous, unsafe, perilous, precarious, uncertain, unstable, risky
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is dangerous, unsafe, or prone to falling or failure. It implies a lack of stability or security, suggesting that something is precarious or risky. It can be used to describe situations, plans, or even thoughts that are not firm or reliable.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G2078 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 2:169
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Wisdom — 9:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΙΣΦΑΛΕΣ — dangerous, perilous, unsafe, precarious, risky
- ἘΠΙΣΦΑΛΕΣΤΕΡΟΝ — more dangerous, more precarious, more unstable, a more dangerous thing
- ἘΠΙΣΦΑΛΗ — dangerous, perilous, risky, precarious, unstable, insecure
- ἘΠΙΣΦΑΛΟΥΣ — dangerous, perilous, unsafe, hazardous, a dangerous thing
- ἘΠΙΣΦΑΛΩΣ — precariously, dangerously, uncertainly, unsteadily, insecurely
- ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΕΙΣ — dangerous, unsafe, perilous, precarious, uncertain, unstable
- ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΕΣ — dangerous, unsafe, precarious, unstable, a dangerous thing, an unsafe thing
- ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΗΣ — unstable, dangerous, perilous, precarious, slippery, insecure
- ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΙΣ — dangerous, unsafe, precarious, unstable, slippery, uncertain
- ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΟΥΣ — of uncertain, of dangerous, of perilous, of unstable, of slippery
- ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΩΣ — precariously, dangerously, uncertainly, insecurely, unsafely
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