What does ἀπειλή (apeilḗ) mean in the Bible?
ἀπειλή (apeilḗ): A threat expressing hostile intent; warning of impending harm or punishment if demands aren't met
Greek · G547
ἀπειλή
A menace
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ἀπειλή G547
Pronunciation apeilḗ
What does ἀπειλή (apeilḗ) mean in the Bible?
ἀπειλή (apeilḗ): A threat expressing hostile intent; warning of impending harm or punishment if demands aren't met
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G547?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include threats (2), use of threats (1).
Where does ἀπειλή (apeilḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 4:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Ephesians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It threats 2× Acts 4:29, Acts 9:1
use of threats 1× Ephesians 6:9
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 4:29
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Acts 2 Ephesians 1
Source forms
ἀπειλὰς 1x apeilas Acts 4:29
ἀπειλήν 1x apeilēn Ephesians 6:9
ἀπειλῆς 1x apeilēs Acts 9:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Acts 4:29
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Ephesians 6:9
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Acts 9:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A threat expressing hostile intent; warning of impending harm or punishment if demands aren't met
Strong's G547
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Ephesians 6:5-9 Source Gloss
a menace
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 4:17 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἀπειλῇ apeilh
a threatening, threat
Read verse Acts 4:29 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ἀπειλὰς apeilav
a threatening, threat
Read verse Acts 9:1 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀπειλῆς apeilhv
a threatening, threat
Read verse Ephesians 6:9 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀπειλήν· apeilhn
a threatening, threat
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 9:1 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Acts 4:29 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Eph 6:9 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Masters warned against using threats toward servants, showing reciprocal accountability
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀπειλή is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain