Quick Definition
ἀπειλέω v. I threaten, forbid by threatening
Strong's Definition
of uncertain derivation; to menace; by implication, to forbid
KJV Usage: threaten
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | εἴλω (press hard, coop up, strike) · ἀπειλή · προσαπειλέομαι
33.291 · Communication · Threaten
to threaten, threat to declare that one will cause harm to someone, particularly if certain conditions are not met Because of the implied reciprocity in ἀπειλέω and ἀπειλή, one may translate 1PE 2:23 as ‘when he suffered, he did not say he would make them suffer.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπειλέω, -ῶ : impf. ἠπείλουν ; 1 aor. mid. ἠπειλησάμην; to threaten, menace: 1 Pet. ii. 23; in mid., ace. to later Grk. usage ([App. bell. civ. 3, 29]; Polyaen. 7, 35, 2), actively [B. 54 (47)]: Acts iv. 17 (ἀπειλῇ [L T Tr WH om.] ἀπειλεῖσθαι, with dat. of pers. foll. by μή with inf., with sternest threats to forbid one to ete., W. ὃ 54, 3; [B. 183 (159)]). (From Hom. down.) [Comp.: προσarrethew. |
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπειλέω apeileō 2x
to threaten, menace, rebuke, Acts 4:17; 1 Pet. 2:23*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπειλέω, -ῶ
(ἀπειλή), [in LXX: Na 1:4 (גּער), Is 66:14 (זעם), Si 19:17, al.;]
to threaten: I Pe 2:23; mid., Ac 4:17 (v. MM, VGT, s.v., and cf. προσαπειλέω).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπειλέω. P Oxy 11. 2375 (A.D. 186) μήτε ἐμοὶ ἔτι ἀπε[ιλεῖν]. P Grenf I. 53° (iv/A.D.) (= Chest. I. 131) ἀσπάζεται τὰ παιδία σου kal ᾿Αλλοῦς πολλά σοι ἀπειλίεῖ). Vettius Valens, Ρ. 5%, has ἀπειλητικοί ‘‘men given to using threats,” which comes from a verbal ἀπειλητός. Since this verb, with its rather commoner noun, might have had a large use in the innumerable papyrus petitions, we seem bound to infer that it was going out of popular speech. It occurs nine times in LXX and twice in NT. Its use in Ac 417, where one is strongly tempted to accept from E and P the characteristic ἀπειλῇ ἀπειλησώμεθα, clearly reflects the literal rendering of a Semitic original reported to Luke from an eye-witness—was it Paul? Homeeoteleuton and unfamiliarity to Greek ears would account for the loss of the noun in NABD Pesh., etc. (so Blass).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπειλέω (apeileō) — to threaten. ἀπειλέω,
__B3rd.pers.dual imperfect active ἀπειλήτην, Epic dialect for ἠπειλείτην, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: later Epic dialect present ἀπειλείω [Refs 4th c.AD+]:— hold out either in the way of promise or threat, and therefore: __B.I sometimes in good sense, promise, οὐδ᾽ ἠπείλησεν ἄνακτι.. ῥέξειν κλειτὴν ἑκατόμβην[Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, boast or brag, ὥς ποτ᾽ ἀπειλήσει.1; ἦ μὲν ἀπείλησας βητάρμονας εἶναι ἀρίστους[Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.II commonly in bad sense, threaten, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] spake a threatening speech, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀπειλὰς ἀ., see at {ἀπειλ; δείν᾽ ἀπειλήσων ἔπη} [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently with neuter pronoun or adjective, ἀ. τόγε θυμῷ[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ταῦτα, πολλὰ ἀ., [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II.2 with accusative of the thing threatened, θάνατον ἀ. ὃς ἂν..[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἠπείλησαν τοὺς ἄρχοντας threatened them with the prefects, [Refs 4th c.AD+] __B.II.3 dependent clauses were added in future infinitive, γέρας.. ἀφαιρήσεσθαι ἀπειλεῖς[Refs 8th c.BC+]: rarely in present infinitive, ἠπ... ἑλκέμεν[Refs 8th c.BC+] in aorist infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II.4 ἀ. ὅτι.., ὡς.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τινί, εἰ μή.. [Refs] __B.III passive, ἀπειλοῦμαι, of persons, to be terrified by threats, [Refs] __B.III.2 of things, τὰ ἀπειληθέντα, ={ἀπειλαί}, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.IV later in middle, with aorist 1 -ησάμην[Refs 2nd c.AD+]: with infinitive, forbid with threats, ἀπειλησώμεθα αὐτοῖς μηκέτι λαλεῖν[NT]