ἘΠΙΣΤΟΛΉ: ἐπι-στολή, -ῆς, ἡ [ (< ἐπιατέλλω), [in LXX for אִגֶּרֶת, etc.; freq. in Mac ;] ] 1. . a message.
2. . a letter, an epistle: Ac 9:2, I Co 5:9, al.; pl., Ac 22:5, I Co 16:3, al.; ἐ. σνστατικαί, II Co 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.)