Lexical Summary apeileō: to threaten Original Word: ἀπειλέωTransliteration: apeileō Phonetic Spelling: (ap-i-leh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to threaten Meaning: to threaten Strong's Concordance threaten. Of uncertain derivation; to menace; by implication, to forbid -- threaten. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 546: ἀπειλέωἀπειλέω, ἀπείλω: imperfect ἠπειλουν; 1 aorist middle ἠπειλησαμην; to threaten, menace: 1 Peter 2:23; in middle, according to later Greek usage ((Appendix, bell. 104:3, 29); Polyaen. 7, 35, 2), actively (Buttmann, 54 (47)): Acts 4:17 (ἀπειλή (L T Tr WH omit) ἀπειλεῖσθαι, with the dative of person followed by μή with infinitive, with sternest threats to forbid one to etc., Winers Grammar, § 54, 3; (Buttmann, 183 (159))). (From Homer down.) (Compare: προσαπειλέω.) |
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