Definition
ἐπι-στέλλω
[in LXX: 3Ki.5.8 Nehemiah 6:19 (שָׁלַח), Jdt.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), Acts 21:25, Hebrews 13:22; before τοῦ, with inf., Acts 15:20.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
3 total
- Acts 15:20ἐπιστεῖλαι · we should writeInstead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
- Acts 21:25ἐπεστείλαμεν · have written [to them]As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
- Hebrews 13:22ἐπέστειλα · I have {only} writtenI urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.