ἘΣΦΑΛΕΝ, ἐσφαλεν
ESPHALEN, esphalen
Sounds Like: es-PHA-len
Translations: he stumbled, he failed, he was overthrown, he was caused to fall, it stumbled, it failed, it was overthrown, it was caused to fall
From the root: ΣΦΑΛΛΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person singular aorist passive indicative form of the verb 'σφάλλω' (sphallō). It means to stumble, to fail, to be overthrown, or to be caused to fall. It describes an action that happened in the past, where the subject experienced a fall or failure, often due to an external cause or an inherent weakness.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Aorist, Passive, Indicative
Strong’s number: G4624 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΦΑΛΛΩ.
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.
- ΔΙΕΣΦΑΛΜΕΝΟΣ — misled, led astray, deceived, mistaken, failed, disappointed
- ἘΣΦΑΛΗ — was stumbled, was caused to fall, was deceived, failed, was disappointed
- ἘΣΦΑΛΗΣΑΝ — they stumbled, they fell, they failed, they were deceived, they erred
- ἘΣΦΑΛΛΕΤΟ — was failing, was stumbling, was being deceived, was tripping, was falling
- ἘΣΦΑΛΛΟΝΤΟ — they were stumbling, they were failing, they were tripping, they were being overthrown, they were being deceived
- ἘΣΦΑΛΜΕΝΩΝ — of those who have fallen, of those who have stumbled, of those who have failed, of those who have erred, of those who are mistaken
- ΕΠΕΣΦΑΛΛΟΝ — they were causing to stumble, they were causing to fall, they were deceiving, they were misleading, they were failing
- ΕΣΦΑΛΕ — he stumbled, he fell, he failed, he was deceived, he was disappointed
- ΕΣΦΑΛΕΝ — they stumbled, they fell, they failed, he stumbled, he fell, he failed
- ΕΣΦΑΛΗΣΑΝ — they were made to stumble, they stumbled, they were overthrown, they failed, they were deceived, they were led astray
- ΣΦΑΛ — to stumble, to fall, to fail, to be deceived, to err, to trip, to cause to stumble
- ΣΦΑΛΑΙ — to fail, to be deceived, to stumble, to fall, to be disappointed
- ΣΦΑΛΕΙΕΝ — they might stumble, they might fail, they might be overthrown, they might be deceived
- ΣΦΑΛΕΙΣ — having been tripped, having stumbled, having failed, having erred, having been deceived
- ΣΦΑΛΕΙΣΙΝ — having stumbled, having fallen, having been made to stumble, having been deceived, having failed, to those who have stumbled, to those who have fallen, to those who have been made to stumble, to those who have been deceived, to those who have failed
- ΣΦΑΛΕΝΤΟΣ — of one who stumbled, of one who fell, of one who failed, of one who was overthrown
- ΣΦΑΛΕΝΤΩΝ — (of) those who stumbled, (of) those who fell, (of) those who failed
- ΣΦΑΛΕΡΟΝ — fallible, dangerous, uncertain, a dangerous thing, an uncertain thing
- ΣΦΑΛΗ — fall, stumble, be overthrown, be deceived, be disappointed
- ΣΦΑΛΗΝΑΙ — to stumble, to fall, to fail, to be deceived, to be disappointed
- ΣΦΑΛΙΣΑΤΟ — he secured, he made safe, he made firm, he established, he made steady, he guarded, he protected
- ΣΦΑΛΙΣΜΕΝΑ — having been made to fall, having been overthrown, having been caused to stumble, having been shut, having been locked, having been made to fail
- ΣΦΑΛΛΕΙ — causes to fall, makes to stumble, deceives, fails, errs
- ΣΦΑΛΛΕΤΑΙ — is stumbled, is fallen, is failed, is deceived, is mistaken, is disappointed, is tripped up
- ΣΦΑΛΛΟΜΕΝΩ — (to) stumbling, (to) failing, (to) being led astray, (to) being deceived
- ΣΦΑΛΛΟΝΤΑΙ — they are mistaken, they stumble, they fail, they err
- ΣΦΑΛΛΩ — to cause to fall, to make to stumble, to cause to fail, to cause to err, to deceive, to trip up, to be deceived, to stumble, to fail, to err
- ΣΦΑΛΟΥΣΙΝ — they stumble, they fall, they fail, they are overthrown
- ΦΑΛΟΥΣ — to stumble, to fall, to fail, to err, to be deceived
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