Strong G547ἀπειλή
threat
- Transliteration
- apeilē
- Pronunciation
- ap-i-lay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G546; a menace: - X straitly threatening.
Detailed definition
ἀπειλή, -ῆ, ἡ
[in LXX for גְּעָרָה, etc.;]
threatening, threat: Act.4:29 9:1, Eph.6:9.†
(AS)
[in LXX for גְּעָרָה, etc.;]
threatening, threat: Act.4:29 9:1, Eph.6:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G547 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- threatenings2
- straitly1
- threaten1
First verses
- Acts 4:17But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
- Acts 4:29And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
- Acts 9:1And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
- Ephesians 6:9And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀπειλ-ή, ἡ,
mostly in plural, boastful promises, boasts, ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ ἃς.. ὑπίσχεο οἰνοποτάζων;[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.83; μέχρι τῶν ἀπειλῶν γενναῖος 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 59.118, compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 704.28.)]
II commonly in plural, threats, ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ οἴχονται τὰς Τρωσὶν ἀπείλεον υἷες Ἀχαιῶ;[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.219; οὐδὲ.. λήθετ᾽ ἀπειλάων τὰς ἀντιθέῳ Ὀδυσῆι πρῶτον ἐπηπείλησεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.126, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.200, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.32; εὐθύνειν ἀπειλαῖς καὶ πληγαῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 325d, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 175 (Lyric poetry): in _sing._, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 753, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.126; ἀπειλῆς ἕνεκα τοῖς ἐν τῷ Ταρτάρῳ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 94b33.)]
II.2 of threatening conditions, ἀ. πνιγμοῦ[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “Problemata - Physici et Medici Graeci Minores” 2.60)]; τὰ ἐν ἀπειλῇ ἀποστήματα Heras cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.815)]; of storms, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.21.5, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.7.)]
mostly in plural, boastful promises, boasts, ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ ἃς.. ὑπίσχεο οἰνοποτάζων;[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.83; μέχρι τῶν ἀπειλῶν γενναῖος 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 59.118, compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 704.28.)]
II commonly in plural, threats, ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ οἴχονται τὰς Τρωσὶν ἀπείλεον υἷες Ἀχαιῶ;[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.219; οὐδὲ.. λήθετ᾽ ἀπειλάων τὰς ἀντιθέῳ Ὀδυσῆι πρῶτον ἐπηπείλησεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.126, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.200, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.32; εὐθύνειν ἀπειλαῖς καὶ πληγαῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 325d, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 175 (Lyric poetry): in _sing._, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 753, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.126; ἀπειλῆς ἕνεκα τοῖς ἐν τῷ Ταρτάρῳ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 94b33.)]
II.2 of threatening conditions, ἀ. πνιγμοῦ[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “Problemata - Physici et Medici Graeci Minores” 2.60)]; τὰ ἐν ἀπειλῇ ἀποστήματα Heras cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.815)]; of storms, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.21.5, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.7.)]