ἐπηρεάζω; (ἐπήρεια (spiteful abuse, cf. Aristotle, rhet. 2, 2, 4)); to insult; to treat abusively, use despitefully; to revile: τινα, Mat_5:44 R G; Luk_6:28 (with the dative of person, Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 31; 3, 5, 16); in a forensic sense, to accuse falsely: with the accusative of a thing, 1Pe_3:16. (Xenophon, Isaeus, Demosthenes, Philo, Plutarch, Lucian, Herodian; to threaten, Herodotus 6, 9 (but cf. Cope on Aristotle, as above).)

ἐπηρεάζω epēreazō 2x to harass, insult, Luk_6:28 ; to mistreat, abuse, 1Pe_3:16

* ἐπηρεάζω ( < ἐπήρεια , spiteful abuse ), to revile: c . acc pers ., Luk_6:28 ; c . acc rei (but v. ICC , in l ), 1Pe_3:16 .†

ἐπηρεάζω [page 232] The verb is common = insult, treat wrongfully. Thus in P Flor I. 99 .10 (i/ii A.D.) (= Selections , p. 72) we find the parents of a youth, who had squandered his and their property, announcing οὗ χάριν προορώμεθα μήποτε ἐ [π ]ηρεάσηι ἡμεῖν ἢ ἕτερο [ν ] ἢ (omit.) ἄτοπο̣ν τι πράξη [ι , on that account we are taking precautions lest he should deal despitefully with us, or do anything else amiss : cf. P Fay 123 .7 ( c. A.D. 100) διὰ τὸ ἐπηρεᾶσθαι οὐκ ἠδυνήθην κατελθεῖν , owing to my having been molested I was unable to come down, P Gen I. 31 .18 (A.D. 145 6) πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἔτι ὕστερόν με ἐπηρεάζεσθαι , BGU I. 15 .12 (A.D. 194) ὅτι νῦν κωμογραμματεὺς ἐπηρεάζει τῷ συνηγορουμ [έ ]νῳ , PSI I. 92 .4 (iii/A.D.) ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐπηρέασεν ἡμῖν , and OGIS 484 .26 (ii/A.D.) δι᾽ ὧν ἐπηρέαζον μάλιστα τοὺς τὸν ἰχθὺν πιπράσκοντας . The middle is found in an interesting document in which a weaver petitions on the ground of poverty against his name being inserted in the list of those eligible for the office of πρεσβύτερος τῆς κώμης , or village elder, P Lond 846 .6 (A.D. 140) (= III. p. 131) οἱ δὲ τῆς κώμης πρεσβύτεροι ἐπηρεάζοντ [ό μοι ὅπως ] ἀναδώσω καί μου τ̣ο̣, κτῆμα εἰς πρεσβυτερείαν τῆς κώμης ἀπ [όρου ] μου ὄ [ν ]τος . For the subst. ἐπηρεασμός , see P Tebt I. 28 .4 ( c. B.C. 114) διὰ τὸν . . . ἐ [πηρ ]εασμόν , on account of the insolent conduct, and for ἐπηρεία , BGU I. 340 .21 (A.D. 148 9) ἐπὶ οὖν οὗτοι οὐκ ἀφί [στα ]ντε ( l. νται ) τῆς κατ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἐπηρίας , and the curious mantic P Ryl I. 28 .139 (iv/A.D.) where the quivering of the right legbone is taken as a sign that the person will be involved ἐν ἐπηρίᾳ , in illtreatment.

ἐπηρεάζω "to threaten abusively", Hdt. "to deal despitefully with, act despitefully towards", τινί Xen. , Dem. :—absol. "to be insolent", Xen. [Etym: from ἐπήρεια]

ἐπηρεάζω (ἐπήρεια, spiteful abuse), to revile: with accusative of person(s), Luk.6:28; with accusative of thing(s) (but see ICC, in l), 1Pe.3:16.† (AS)