Strong G1992ἐπιστολή
epistle
- Transliteration
- epistolē
- Pronunciation
- ep-is-tol-ay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G1989; a written message: - epistle letter.
Detailed definition
ἐπι-στολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(ἐπιατέλλω), [in LXX for אִגֶּרֶת, etc.; frequently in Mac;]
1. a message.
2. a letter, an epistle: Act.9:2, 1Co.5:9, al.; pl., Act.22:5, 1Co.16:3, al.; ἐ. σνστατικαί, 2Co.3:1 (cf. Milligan, NTD, 254 f.). (On the NT ἐπιστολαί, cf. Milligan, Th., 121 ff.; NTD, 85 ff.; Deiss., BS, 3 ff.; St. Paul, 8 ff.)
(AS)
(ἐπιατέλλω), [in LXX for אִגֶּרֶת, etc.; frequently in Mac;]
1. a message.
2. a letter, an epistle: Act.9:2, 1Co.5:9, al.; pl., Act.22:5, 1Co.16:3, al.; ἐ. σνστατικαί, 2Co.3:1 (cf. Milligan, NTD, 254 f.). (On the NT ἐπιστολαί, cf. Milligan, Th., 121 ff.; NTD, 85 ff.; Deiss., BS, 3 ff.; St. Paul, 8 ff.)
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1992 appears in 23 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- epistle15
- letter9
First verses
- Acts 9:2And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
- Acts 15:30So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
- Acts 22:5As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
- Acts 23:25And he wrote a letter after this manner:
- Acts 23:33Who, when they came to Cesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.
- Romans 16:22I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 5:9I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
- 1 Corinthians 16:3And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
- 2 Corinthians 3:1Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
- 2 Corinthians 3:2Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
- 2 Corinthians 3:3Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
- 2 Corinthians 7:8For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
- 2 Corinthians 10:9That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
- 2 Corinthians 10:10For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
- 2 Corinthians 10:11Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
- Colossians 4:16And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:27I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:2That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:15Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:14And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπιστολ-ή, ἡ,
(ἐπιστέλλω) anything sent by a messenger, message, order, commission, whether verbal or in writing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.10, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.45, etc.)]; ἐξ ἐπιστολῆς by command, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.50)]: used by Trag. always in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 3, “Pers.” 783, “Supp.” 1012, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 781, “OC” 1601, etc.)]; Πενθέως ἐπιστολαῖς by his commands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 442)]; τέκνων ἐπιστολὰς ἔγραψεν commands about her children, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 858.)]
2. letter, ἐ. διαπέμπειν, ἀποδοῦναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.129, 7.10; λύειν [prev. author] 1.132; ἐ. ἔδωκεν ἀποδοῦναι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.27)]; πέμπειν τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 589 (_plural_))]: in plural of one letter, like{γράμματα}, Latin litterae, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “IA” 111, 314, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.132, etc.)]; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐπιστολῶν.. τοῦ Ὄθωνος, Latin ab epistulis Othoni, his secretary, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Otho” 9)]; νομογραφικὴ ἐ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1135.7 (1st c.BC).)]
(ἐπιστέλλω) anything sent by a messenger, message, order, commission, whether verbal or in writing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.10, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.45, etc.)]; ἐξ ἐπιστολῆς by command, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.50)]: used by Trag. always in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 3, “Pers.” 783, “Supp.” 1012, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 781, “OC” 1601, etc.)]; Πενθέως ἐπιστολαῖς by his commands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 442)]; τέκνων ἐπιστολὰς ἔγραψεν commands about her children, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 858.)]
2. letter, ἐ. διαπέμπειν, ἀποδοῦναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.129, 7.10; λύειν [prev. author] 1.132; ἐ. ἔδωκεν ἀποδοῦναι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.27)]; πέμπειν τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 589 (_plural_))]: in plural of one letter, like{γράμματα}, Latin litterae, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “IA” 111, 314, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.132, etc.)]; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐπιστολῶν.. τοῦ Ὄθωνος, Latin ab epistulis Othoni, his secretary, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Otho” 9)]; νομογραφικὴ ἐ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1135.7 (1st c.BC).)]