ἐπιστολή epistolē · G1992

epistle

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)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἐπιστολ-ή, ἡ, ; (ἐπιστέλλω) anything sent by a messenger, message, order, commission, whether verbal or in writing, []; ἐξ ἐπιστολῆς by command, []: used by Trag. always in plural, []; Πενθέως ἐπιστολαῖς by his commands, []; τέκνων ἐπιστολὰς ἔγραψεν commands about her children, []; 2. letter, ἐ. διαπέμπειν, ἀποδοῦναι, []; πέμπειν τινί []: in plural of one letter, like{γράμματα}, Latin litterae, []; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐπιστολῶν.. τοῦ Ὄθωνος, Latin ab epistulis Othoni, his secretary, []; νομογραφικὴ ἐ. []

Where it's used 24 times

Acts 9:2 · Acts 15:30 · Acts 22:5 · Acts 23:25 · Acts 23:33 · Romans 16:22 · 1 Corinthians 5:9 · 1 Corinthians 16:3 · 2 Corinthians 3:1 · 2 Corinthians 3:2 · 2 Corinthians 3:3 · 2 Corinthians 7:8 · 2 Corinthians 10:9 · 2 Corinthians 10:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:11 · Colossians 4:16 · 1 Thessalonians 5:27 · 2 Thessalonians 2:2 · 2 Thessalonians 2:15 · 2 Thessalonians 3:14 · 2 Thessalonians 3:17 · 2 Peter 3:1 · 2 Peter 3:16 … and 1 more

Source: TBESG G1992; TFLSJ G1992

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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