ΣΦΑΛΕΡΑ, σφαλερα
SPHALERA, sphalera
Sounds Like: sfa-LEH-ra
Translations: unstable, a stumbling, dangerous, perilous, fallible, liable to fall
From the root: ΣΦΑΛΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is unstable, dangerous, or prone to causing one to stumble or fall. It can refer to physical paths that are treacherous or to abstract concepts that are unreliable or risky. It implies a lack of firmness or security.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine; or Plural, Nominative, Neuter; or Plural, Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G5389 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΦΑΛΕΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΣΦΑΛΕΡΑΙ — slippery, unstable, dangerous, perilous, a slippery one, an unstable one, a dangerous one, a perilous one
- ΣΦΑΛΕΡΑΝ — dangerous, a dangerous, perilous, a perilous, risky, a risky
- ΣΦΑΛΕΡΟΣ — unstable, tottering, dangerous, perilous, slippery
- ΣΦΑΛΕΡΟΥ — of dangerous, of perilous, of uncertain, of unstable, of fallible, of slippery
- ΣΦΑΛΕΡΟΥΣ — unstable, treacherous, dangerous, perilous, fallible
- ΣΦΑΛΕΡΩΤΑΤΗ — most dangerous, most perilous, most fallible, a most dangerous, a most perilous, a most fallible
- ΣΦΑΛΕΡΩΤΑΤΟΥΣ — most unstable, most dangerous, most fallible, most treacherous
- ΣΦΑΛΕΡΩΤΑΤΩΝ — of the most dangerous, of the most treacherous, of the most unstable, of the most prone to stumble
- ΣΦΑΛΕΡΩΤΕΡΟΝ — more dangerous, more treacherous, more unstable, a more dangerous thing
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