ἈΠΕΙΛΕΙΝ, ἀπειλειν
APEILEIN, apeilein
Sounds Like: ah-pee-LEH-in
Translations: to threaten, to warn, to menace
From the root: ΑΠΕΙΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to threaten or to warn someone, often with the implication of impending punishment or harm. It describes the act of expressing an intention to inflict something unpleasant or undesirable upon another person. It can be used in various contexts where a person or entity issues a warning or makes a menacing declaration.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G546 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΕΙΛΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΠΕΙΛΟΙΕΝ — they might threaten, they would threaten, they should threaten
- ἈΠΕΙΛΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ — of threatening, of being threatened, of menacing, of being menaced
- ἈΠΕΙΛΟΥΝΤΙ — threatening, to one threatening, to a threatening one
- ΑΠΕΙΛΕΩ — threaten, menace
- ΑΠΕΙΛΗΘΗΝΑΙ — to be threatened, to be warned, to be menaced
- ΑΠΕΙΛΩΝ — threatening, to threaten, of threats, with threats, a threat
- ΑΠΙΛΗΣΑΙ — to threaten, to warn, to menace
- ΑΠΙΛΗΣΩΜΕΘΑ — let us threaten, let us warn, let us menace
- ΑΠΙΛΩΝ — threatening, to threaten, to warn, to menace
- ΔΙΗΠΕΙΛΕΙΤΟ — he was threatening, he was being threatened, he was warning, he was being warned
- ἨΠΕΙΛΕΙ — he was threatening, he threatened, he was menacing, he menaced
- ἨΠΕΙΛΗΚΟΤΟΣ — of having threatened, of one who has threatened, of threatening
- ἨΠΕΙΛΗΣΑ — I threatened, I warned, I menaced
- ἨΠΕΙΛΗΣΕ — he threatened, she threatened, it threatened
- ἨΠΕΙΛΗΣΕΝ — he threatened, she threatened, it threatened
- ἨΠΕΙΛΟΥΝ — threatened, were threatening
- ΗΠΕΙΛΗΚΟΤΟΣ — (of) having threatened, (of) having warned, (of) having menaced
- ΗΠΕΙΛΟΥΝ — they were threatening, they threatened
- ΟΥ̓ΝΔΙΗΠΕΙΛΗΣΕ — therefore he threatened, then he threatened, consequently he threatened
- ΠΕΙΛΗΣΑΝ — they threatened, they warned, they menaced
- ΠΡΟΑΠΕΙΛΗΣΑΝΤΕΣΗΣ — having threatened beforehand, those who threatened beforehand
- ΠΡΟΣΑΠΙΛΗΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be threatened in addition, will be further threatened
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