Threat
ἀπειλήStrong’s G0547apeilē
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Apeilē is the Greek word usually translated “threats” and “threatening”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.”
Meaning
Usually translated “threats” and “threatening”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- threats 3
- threatening 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
- Ephesians 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
ἀπειλή apeilē · threat
ἀπειλή, -ῆ, ἡ [in LXX for גְּעָרָה, etc. ;] threatening, threat: Act.4:29 9:1, Eph.6:9.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “threat” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
THREAT, noun
thret. A menace; denunciation of ill; declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, loss or pain on another.
All definitions and other forms of “threat”
THREAT, verb transitive
thret. To threaten, which see. threat is used only in poetry.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.