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)
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G1992 — ἐπιστολή
epistolē · epistle · Greek
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Acts 9:2 · ἐπιστολὰςAnd 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 15:30 · ἐπιστολήν.So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:Acts 22:5 · ἐπιστολὰςAs 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 23:25 · ἐπιστολὴνAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:Acts 23:33 · ἐπιστολὴνWho, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.Romans 16:22 · ἐπιστολὴνI Tertius, who wrote [this] epistle, salute you in the Lord.1 Corinthians 5:9 · ἐπιστολῇI wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:1 Corinthians 16:3 · ἐπιστολῶνAnd when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by [your] letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.2 Corinthians 3:1 · ἐπιστολῶνDo 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 3:2 · ἐπιστολὴYe are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:2 Corinthians 3:3 · ἐπιστολὴ[Forasmuch 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 7:8 · ἐπιστολῇ, · ἐπιστολὴFor 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 10:9 · ἐπιστολῶν.That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.2 Corinthians 10:10 · ἐπιστολαὶFor [his] letters, say they, [are] weighty and powerful; but [his] bodily presence [is] weak, and [his] speech contemptible.2 Corinthians 10:11 · ἐπιστολῶνLet 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 4:16 · ἐπιστολή,And 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 5:27 · ἐπιστολὴνI charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.2 Thessalonians 2:2 · ἐπιστολῆςThat 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 2:15 · ἐπιστολῆςTherefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.2 Thessalonians 3:14 · ἐπιστολῆς,And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.2 Thessalonians 3:17 · ἐπιστολῇ·The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.2 Peter 3:1 · ἐπιστολήν,This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in [both] which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:2 Peter 3:16 · ἐπιστολαῖςAs also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.