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ἐπιστολή

A written message

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ἐπιστολή G1992
Pronunciation epistolḗ

What does ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ) mean in the Bible?

ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ) is a Greek word meaning "a written message". ἐπι-στολή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἐπιατέλλω), [in LXX for אִגֶּרֶת, etc.

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Meaning

a written message
Extended definition

Written communication, typically formal letters; in NT primarily Paul's epistles addressing churches.

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

1a message.
2a 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.)
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine 2 Cor 3:2 · 2 Cor 3:3 · 2 Cor 7:8 · Col 4:16 4×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine 2 Cor 10:10 1×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine 1 Cor 16:3 · 2 Cor 3:1 · 2 Cor 10:9 · 2 Cor 10:11 4×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine 2 Thess 2:2 · 2 Thess 2:15 · 2 Thess 3:14 3×
Dative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 5:9 · 2 Cor 7:8 · 2 Thess 3:17 3×
Dative · Plural · Feminine 2 Pet 3:16 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 15:30 · Acts 23:25 · Acts 23:33 · Rom 16:22 · 1 Thess 5:27 · 2 Pet 3:1 6×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Acts 9:2 · Acts 22:5 2×
24 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Colossians 4 — Prayer, Wise Witness, Faithful Service, and Gospel Fellowship

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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