KJV dictionary & concordance

threaten

Meaning of “threaten”

To declare or imply intended harm or punishment; to menace.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Acts 4:17

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Acts 4:17 · retained source text

But that it spread no farther among the people, let vs straitly threaten them, that they speake henceforth to no man in this Name.

Source order

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Historical English dictionary sources

To declare the purpose of inflicting punishment, pain or other evil on another, for some sin or offense; to menace.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 764