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ἐπιστολή

epistolēepistleHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine24 occurrences8 books23 verses

Definition

ἐπι-στολή, -ῆς, ἡ

(ἐπιατέλλω), [in LXX for אִגֶּרֶת, etc.; frequently in Mac ;]

1. a message.

2. a letter, an epistle: Acts 9:2, 1 Corinthians 5:9, al.; pl., Acts 22:5, 1 Corinthians 16:3, al.; ἐ. σνστατικαί, 2 Corinthians 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.)

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἐπιστολή:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

24 total
  1. Acts 9:2ἐπιστολὰς · letters
    …and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
  2. Acts 15:30ἐπιστολήν · letter
    So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they assembled the congregation and delivered the letter.
  3. Acts 22:5ἐπιστολὰς · letters
    …as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
  4. Acts 23:25ἐπιστολὴν · letter
    And he wrote the following letter:
  5. Acts 23:33ἐπιστολὴν · letter
    When the horsemen arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and presented Paul to him.
  6. Romans 16:22ἐπιστολὴν · letter
    I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.
  7. 1 Corinthians 5:9ἐπιστολῇ · letter
    I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
  8. 1 Corinthians 16:3ἐπιστολῶν · letters
    Then, on my arrival, I will send letters with those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
  9. 2 Corinthians 3:1ἐπιστολῶν · letters
    Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
  10. 2 Corinthians 3:2ἐπιστολὴ · letter
    You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
  11. 2 Corinthians 3:3ἐπιστολὴ · a letter
    It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
  12. 2 Corinthians 7:8ἐπιστολῇ · letter; ἐπιστολὴ · letter
    Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it—for I see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time—
  13. 2 Corinthians 10:9ἐπιστολῶν · letters
    I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.
  14. 2 Corinthians 10:10ἐπιστολαὶ · letters
    For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”
  15. 2 Corinthians 10:11ἐπιστολῶν · [our] letters
    Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.
  16. Colossians 4:16ἐπιστολή · letter
    After this letter has been read among you, make sure that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.
  17. 1 Thessalonians 5:27ἐπιστολὴν · letter
    I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.
  18. 2 Thessalonians 2:2ἐπιστολῆς · letter
    …not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.
  19. 2 Thessalonians 2:15ἐπιστολῆς · letter
    Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
  20. 2 Thessalonians 3:14ἐπιστολῆς · letter
    Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.
  21. 2 Thessalonians 3:17ἐπιστολῇ · letter
    This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. This is my mark in every letter; it is the way I write.
  22. 2 Peter 3:1ἐπιστολήν · letter
    Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking
  23. 2 Peter 3:16ἐπιστολαῖς · letters
    He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.