apeile denotes an expressed hostile warning, whether directed against disciples or relinquished by masters.

The attested uses describe hostile warnings: threats directed against disciples, threats joined with murder, and a threat that masters are told to stop using.

1. Hostile warnings and intimidation · dominant

   In Acts 4:29, the accusative plural occurs in a prayer asking the Lord to look upon actions directed at the speakers; the APB renders the clause "look upon their threats." In Acts 9:1, the genitive singular is joined with murder against the Lord's disciples, while Ephesians 6:9 uses the accusative singular for what masters are to cease; the APB renders "breathing threats and murder" and "giving up the threat."

   Acts 4:29Acts 9:1Ephesians 6:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with "threats" in Acts 4:29 and Acts 9:1 and with "the threat" in Ephesians 6:9. These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than supplying a separate lexical distinction.