Apeiléō — G546
G546 · Greek — ἀπειλέω
Pronunciation: ap-i-leh'-o
Definition
verb
to menace; by implication, to forbid
- to threaten, menace
Usually translated as
threaten
Origin
of uncertain derivation
Occurrences
Apeiléō occurs 2 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (1), 1 Peter (1)
- Acts 4:17 — But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten (ἀπειλησώμεθα) them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
- 1 Peter 2:23 — Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened (ἠπείλει) not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
Strong's Lexicon — A