Strong's Greek · G2000

G2000 episphalḗs

ἐπισφαλής

ep-ee-sfal-ace'

dangerous/unsteady

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episphalḗs appears once in Scripture, in Acts 27:9. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

figuratively, insecure

In the King James Version

dangerous

Derivation

from a compound of G1909 (ἐπί) and σφάλλω (to trip);

Appears 1 time in Scripture

Acts 27:9

“By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,”

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