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 asked of him letters to Damascus unto the synagogues, that if he found any that were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.Acts 15:30 · ἐπιστολήν.So they, when they were dismissed, came down to Antioch; and having 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 journeyed to Damascus to bring them also that were there unto Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.Acts 23:25 · ἐπιστολὴνAnd he wrote a letter after this form:Acts 23:33 · ἐπιστολὴνand they, when they came to Cæsarea and delivered the letter to the governor, presented Paul also before him.Romans 16:22 · ἐπιστολὴνI Tertius, who write the epistle, salute you in the Lord.1 Corinthians 5:9 · ἐπιστολῇI wrote unto you in my epistle to have no company with fornicators;1 Corinthians 16:3 · ἐπιστολῶνAnd when I arrive, whomsoever ye shall approve, them will I send with letters to carry your bounty unto Jerusalem:2 Corinthians 3:1 · ἐπιστολῶνAre we beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you?2 Corinthians 3:2 · ἐπιστολὴYe are our epistle, written in our hearts, known and read of all men;2 Corinthians 3:3 · ἐπιστολὴbeing made manifest that ye are an 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 tables that are hearts of flesh.2 Corinthians 7:8 · ἐπιστολῇ, · ἐπιστολὴFor though I made you sorry with my epistle, I do not regret it: though I did regret it (for I see that that epistle made you sorry, though but for a season),2 Corinthians 10:9 · ἐπιστολῶν.that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.2 Corinthians 10:10 · ἐπιστολαὶFor, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.2 Corinthians 10:11 · ἐπιστολῶνLet such a one reckon this, that, what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.Colossians 4:16 · ἐπιστολή,And when this epistle hath been read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye also read the epistle from Laodicea.1 Thessalonians 5:27 · ἐπιστολὴνI adjure you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the brethren.2 Thessalonians 2:2 · ἐπιστολῆςto the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand;2 Thessalonians 2:15 · ἐπιστολῆςSo then, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye were taught, whether by word, or by epistle of ours.2 Thessalonians 3:14 · ἐπιστολῆς,And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.2 Thessalonians 3:17 · ἐπιστολῇ·The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.2 Peter 3:1 · ἐπιστολήν,This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance;2 Peter 3:16 · ἐπιστολαῖςas also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.