Strong G1989ἐπιστέλλω
to write to
- Transliteration
- epistellō
- Pronunciation
- ep-ee-stel'-lo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπι-στέλλω
[in LXX: 3Ki.5:8 Neh.6:19 (שָׁלַח), Jdth.15:4, 1Ma.10:25 1Mac 12:7 1Mac 13:18 (in each case with seel. ἀποσ-) *;]
1. to send to.
2. to send a message by letter, to write word (MM, Exp., xiv): with dative of person(s), Act.21:25, Heb.13:22; before τοῦ, with inf., Act.15:20.†
(AS)
[in LXX: 3Ki.5:8 Neh.6:19 (שָׁלַח), Jdth.15:4, 1Ma.10:25 1Mac 12:7 1Mac 13:18 (in each case with seel. ἀποσ-) *;]
1. to send to.
2. to send a message by letter, to write word (MM, Exp., xiv): with dative of person(s), Act.21:25, Heb.13:22; before τοῦ, with inf., Act.15:20.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1989 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- write2
- letter1
First verses
- Acts 15:20But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
- Acts 21:25As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
- Hebrews 13:22And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπιστέλλω,
send to, γράψας ἐς βυβλίον τάδε ἐπέστειλε ἐς Σάμον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.40; τοῖσι Ἕλλησι [prev. author] 7.239; ἡδίω.. ἂν εἶχον ὑμῖν.. ἐπιστέλλειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.14; ἐ. ἐπιστολάς τινι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.37, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 363b)]; send a message, τάδε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 770)]; especially by letter, write word, τοιαῦτα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.27)]; περί τινος ὡς ἀδικοῦντος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.38; ἐ. ὅτι.. [prev. work] 50, 99)]; τὰ ἐπισταλέντα ἐκ τῆς Σάμου the news received from Samos,[Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. work] 50; τὰ ὑπό τινος ἐπεσταλμένα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 21.)]
2. enjoin, command, τισί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.37)]; τὸν ἄγγελον ἐπιστείλας ταῦτα ἔπεμψε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.32; τινὶ περί τινος [prev. work] 4.5.34)]: c.infinitive, ἐ. τινὶ ἀπίστασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.3; τινὶ ἐκμαθεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 863)]; ὁ Κῦρος αὐτῷ ἐπέστελλε πρὸς Πέρσας λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.26)]; also ἐ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 106, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.1)]: without any case, give orders to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 205, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.72, etc.)]; give orders in writing, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 24.13:)] — passive, ἔφη οὐδέν οἱ ἐπεστάλθαι ἄλλο ἢ ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι he had received orders to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.131; καί μοι ἐκ βασιλέος ὧδε ἐπέσταλται [prev. author] 6.97)]; αἷς ἐπέσταλται τέλος to whom the office has been committed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 908, compare “Eu.” 743; τἀπεσταλμένα [prev. author] “Ch.” 779; κατὰ τὰ ἐ. ὑπὸ Δημοσθένους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.8)]; ἀξιῶ ἐπισταλῆναί τισι c.infinitive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PRyl.” 121.13 (2nd c.AD): with personal construction, ταῦτα ἐπεσταλμένοι)] having received these instructions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.37)]: in later writers, usually of orders given in writing, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Act.15.20, 21.25, “SIG” 837.14 (2nd c.AD))], etc.; of orders for payment, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1304 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]
send to, γράψας ἐς βυβλίον τάδε ἐπέστειλε ἐς Σάμον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.40; τοῖσι Ἕλλησι [prev. author] 7.239; ἡδίω.. ἂν εἶχον ὑμῖν.. ἐπιστέλλειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.14; ἐ. ἐπιστολάς τινι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.37, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 363b)]; send a message, τάδε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 770)]; especially by letter, write word, τοιαῦτα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.27)]; περί τινος ὡς ἀδικοῦντος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.38; ἐ. ὅτι.. [prev. work] 50, 99)]; τὰ ἐπισταλέντα ἐκ τῆς Σάμου the news received from Samos,[Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. work] 50; τὰ ὑπό τινος ἐπεσταλμένα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 21.)]
2. enjoin, command, τισί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.37)]; τὸν ἄγγελον ἐπιστείλας ταῦτα ἔπεμψε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.32; τινὶ περί τινος [prev. work] 4.5.34)]: c.infinitive, ἐ. τινὶ ἀπίστασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.3; τινὶ ἐκμαθεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 863)]; ὁ Κῦρος αὐτῷ ἐπέστελλε πρὸς Πέρσας λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.26)]; also ἐ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 106, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.1)]: without any case, give orders to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 205, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.72, etc.)]; give orders in writing, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 24.13:)] — passive, ἔφη οὐδέν οἱ ἐπεστάλθαι ἄλλο ἢ ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι he had received orders to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.131; καί μοι ἐκ βασιλέος ὧδε ἐπέσταλται [prev. author] 6.97)]; αἷς ἐπέσταλται τέλος to whom the office has been committed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 908, compare “Eu.” 743; τἀπεσταλμένα [prev. author] “Ch.” 779; κατὰ τὰ ἐ. ὑπὸ Δημοσθένους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.8)]; ἀξιῶ ἐπισταλῆναί τισι c.infinitive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PRyl.” 121.13 (2nd c.AD): with personal construction, ταῦτα ἐπεσταλμένοι)] having received these instructions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.37)]: in later writers, usually of orders given in writing, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Act.15.20, 21.25, “SIG” 837.14 (2nd c.AD))], etc.; of orders for payment, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1304 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]