17 occurrences in 12 translations

'Threatening' in the Bible

Then the commanders of [the] Philistines said, "What [are] these Hebrews [doing here]?" And Achish said to the commanders of [the] Philistines, "Is this not David, the servant of Saul, the king of Israel, who has been with me {for days and years}? I have not found anything [threatening] in him from the day of his desertion until this day!"

“Let Him take His rod away from me,And let not the dread and fear of Him terrify me.

Therefore He said He would destroy them,[And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the gap before Him,To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

The ransom of a man's life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening.

On that day Egypt will be like women. She will tremble with fear because of the threatening hand of the Lord of Hosts when He raises it against her.

Therefore, this is what the LORD says about the men of Anathoth who seek to kill you, all the while threatening you, "Don't prophesy in the name of the LORD so you won't die by our hand!"

In order that the heart may melt, and the stumbling-blocks be multiplied, I have set the threatening sword against all their gates: ah! it is made glittering, it is whetted for the slaughter.

And He has carried out completely His [threatening] words which He had spoken against us and against our rulers [the kings, princes, and judges] who ruled us, to bring on us a great tragedy; for under the whole heaven there has not been done anything [so dreadful] like that which [He commanded and] was done to Jerusalem.

Then a mighty [warlike, threatening] king will arise who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases.

And in the morning, ‘Today will be stormy because the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to read the appearance of the sky, but you can’t read the signs of the times.

So when he saw that he could gain nothing, but that on the contrary there was a riot threatening, he called for water and washed his hands in sight of them all, saying, "I am not responsible for this murder: you must answer for it."

After threatening them further, they released them. They found no way to punish them, because the people were all giving glory to God over what had been done;

And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief priest,

For I am convinced [and continue to be convinced—beyond any doubt] that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present and threatening, nor things to come, nor powers,

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas (Peter) or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things are yours,

who being reviled -- was not reviling again, suffering -- was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀπειλέω 
Apeileo 
Usage: 2

ἀπειλή 
Apeile 
Usage: 4

προσαπειλέω 
Prosapeileo 
Usage: 1

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