ἐπισφαλήςepisphalḗs

figuratively, insecure

Greek (New Testament) · G2000

Meanings

1. prone to fall.

2. dangerous: Acts 27:9.

Same root

ἐπίepí · G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

Acts 27:9 We had lost a lot of time. The weather was becoming dangerous for sea travel because it was so late in the fall, and Paul spoke to the ship’s officers about it.

Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.