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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #547 - ἀπειλή

Transliteration

apeilḗ

Phonetics

ap-i-lay'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G546)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a threatening, threat

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 367 ‑ אֵמָה (ay‑maw', ay‑maw'); 1605 ‑ גָּעַר (gaw‑ar'); 1606 ‑ גְּעָרָה (gheh‑aw‑raw'); 2195 ‑ זַעַם (zah'‑am); 2197 ‑ זַעַף (zah'‑af);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (4)

Acts 3

Ephesians 1

NAS (3)

Acts 2

Ephesians 1

HCS (3)

Acts 2

Ephesians 1

BSB (3)

Acts 2

Ephesians 1

ESV (3)

Acts 2

Ephesians 1

WEB (3)

Acts 2

Ephesians 1

KJV (4)

straitly 1

threatening 1

threatenings 2

NAS (3)

threatening 1

threats 2

HCS (3)

* 1

threats 2

BSB (3)

threats 2

use of threats 1

ESV (3)

threatening 1

threats 2

WEB (3)

nbsp 1

threatening 1

threats 1

RAH

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 3

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 3

ANT

N-APF 1

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 1

BEZ

N-APF 1

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 1

BGB

N-AFP 1

N-AFS 1

N-GFS 1

BMT

N-APF 1

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 1

BYZ

N-APF 1

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 1

ELZ

N-APF 1

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 1

NA26

N-APF 1

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

SBL

N-APF 1

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

SCV

N-APF 1

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 1

STV

N-APF 1

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 1

TIS

N-APF 1

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

N-APF 1

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 1

N-APF 1

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀπειλ-ή, ἡ,

I mostly in pl., boastful promises, boasts, ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ ἃς.. ὑπίσχεο οἰνοποτάζων; Il. 20.83; μέχρι τῶν ἀπειλῶν γενναῖος Lib. Or. 59.118, cf. Eust. 704.28.

II commonly in pl.,

1. threats, ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ οἴχονται τὰς Τρωσὶν ἀπείλεον υἷες Ἀχαιῶν; Il. 13.219; οὐδὲ.. λήθετ' ἀπειλάων τὰς ἀντιθέῳ Ὀδυσῆι πρῶτον ἐπηπείλησεν Od. 13.126, cf. Il. 16.200, Hdt. 6.32; εὐθύνειν ἀπειλαῖς καὶ πληγαῖς Pl. Prt. 325d, cf. A. Pr. 175 (lyr.): in sg., S. Ant. 753, Th. 4.126; ἀπειλῆς ἕνεκα τοῖς ἐν τῷ Ταρτάρῳ Arist. APo. 94b33.

2. of threatening conditions, ἀ. πνιγμοῦ Alex.Aphr. Pr. 2.60; τὰ ἐν ἀπειλῇ ἀποστήματα Heras ap. Gal. 13.815; of storms, J. BJ 1.21.5, Ael. NA 7.7.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἀπειλή, ἀπειλῆς, ἡ, a threatening, threat: Acts 4:17 R G (cf. ἀπειλέω), ; ; Ephesians 6:9. (From Homer down.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀπειλή , -ῆ , ἡ ,

[in LXX for H1606, etc.;]

threatening, threat: Acts 4:29; Acts 9:1, Ephesians 6:9.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Ryl II. 114.19 (c. A.D. 280) μετ᾽ ἀπιλῆς με ἀπέπεμψεν ";drove me away with a threat."; BGU IV. 1060.25 (B.C. 23–2) ὅθεν καταπεπονη ̣μένοι προήγμεθα πρὸς ἀπειλαῖς. CP Herm 25ii. 2, a law report, makes an advocate say οὔτε συσκευα [ὶ οὔτε ] ἀπειλαὶ κατεσίγησαν μ ̣[ . . . . . . . ]. P Ryl I. 28.117 (iv/A.D.) the ";quivering"; (see under ἅλλομαι) of the left shin means for a slave ἀπειλαὶ καὶ μόχθοι. In the vi/A.D. inscr. OGIS 521.14 (Abydos) we have ἀεὶ τὴν ἀπιλὴν ἐν τοῖς πράγμασιν ὁρῶντα : Dittenberger accepts the emendation γράμμασιν.

List of Word Forms

απειλας απειλάς ἀπειλὰς απειλή απειλην απειλήν ἀπειλήν απειλης απειλής ἀπειλῆς apeilas apeilàs apeilen apeilēn apeilḗn apeiles apeilês apeilēs apeilē̂s