ΔΙΗΠΕΙΛΕΙ, διηπειλει
DIĒPEILEI, diēpeilei
Sounds Like: dee-ee-PEY-lee
Translations: threatened, was threatening, used to threaten, menaced
From the root: ΔΙΑΠΕΙΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a verb meaning 'to threaten' or 'to menace'. It is a compound word formed from the preposition διά (dia), meaning 'through' or 'thoroughly', and the verb ἀπειλέω (apeileō), meaning 'to threaten'. The prefix διά intensifies the action of threatening, suggesting a thorough or persistent threat. It describes an action that was ongoing or repeated in the past.
Inflection: Third Person Singular, Imperfect Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G1223 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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, ΔΙΑΠΕΙΛΕΩ.
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.
- ΔΙΑΠΕΙΛΕΩ — to threaten, to warn, to menace
- ΔΙΑΠΕΙΛΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — threatening, having threatened, having strongly threatened
- ΔΙΑΠΕΙΛΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — threatening, having threatened, to threaten
- ΔΙΑΠΕΙΛΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ — of those who threaten, of those who menace, of those who warn
- ΔΙΑΠΕΙΛΟΥΝΤΕΣ — threatening, menacing
- ΔΙΑΠΕΙΛΟΥΣΙΝ — they threaten, they menace, they warn
- ΔΙΗΠΕΙΛΗΣΕ — threatened, menaced
- ΔΙΗΠΕΙΛΟΥΝ — they were threatening, they kept threatening, they threatened
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