Quick Definition
ἀπειλή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. a threatening, threat
Strong's Definition
from 546; a menace
KJV Usage: X straitly, threatening
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | ἀπειλέω
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
ἀπειλή, -ῆς, ἡ. @ threatening, threat: Acts iv. 17 R G (ef. ἀπειλέω), 29; ix.1; Eph. vi. 9. (From Hom. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπειλή apeilē 3x
threat, commination, Acts 4:29; 9:1; harshness of language, Eph. 6:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπειλή, -ῆ, ἡ,
[in LXX for גְּעָרָה, etc.;]
threatening, threat: Ac 4:29 9:1, Eph 6:9.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπειλή. P Ryl II. 11419 (¢. A.D. 280) μετ᾽] ἀπιλῆς με ἀπέπεμψεν ‘¢drove me away with a threat.” BGU IV. ro60%® (B.c. 23-2) ὅθεν καταπεπονημένοι προήγμεθα πρὸς ἀπειλαῖς. CP Herm 25}: 3, a law report, makes an advocate say οὔτε συσκευαῇὶ οὔτε] ἀπειλαὶ κατεσίγησαν p[.......]. PRyl I. 2811: (iv/a.pD.) the ‘‘ quivering” (see under ἅλλομαι) of the left shin means for a slave ἀπειλαὶ kal μόχθοι. In the vi/A.D. inscr. OGZS 52114 (Abydos) we have ἀεὶ τὴν ἀπιλὴν ἐν τοῖς πράγμασιν ὁρῶντα : Dittenberger accepts the emendation γράμμασιν.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπειλή (apeilē) — threat. ἀπειλ-ή, ἡ, mostly in plural, boastful promises, boasts, ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ ἃς.. ὑπίσχεο οἰνοποτάζων;[Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. commonly in plural, threats, ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ οἴχονται τὰς Τρωσὶν ἀπείλεον υἷες Ἀχαιῶ;[Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2. of threatening conditions, ἀ. πνιγμοῦ[Refs 3rd c.AD+]; τὰ ἐν ἀπειλῇ ἀποστήματα Heras cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of storms, [Refs 1st c.AD+]