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Lexicon :: Strong's G1992 - epistolē

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ἐπιστολή
Transliteration
epistolē (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-is-tol-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:593,1074

Strong’s Definitions

ἐπιστολή epistolḗ, ep-is-tol-ay'; from G1989; a written message:—"epistle," letter.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's G1992 in the following manner: epistle (15x), letter (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's G1992 in the following manner: epistle (15x), letter (9x).

  1. a letter, epistle

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐπιστολή epistolḗ, ep-is-tol-ay'; from G1989; a written message:—"epistle," letter.
STRONGS G1992:
ἐπιστολή, -ῆς, ἡ, (ἐπιστέλλω), a letter, epistle: Acts 15:30; Romans 16:22; 1 Corinthians 5:9, etc.; plural, Acts 9:2; 2 Corinthians 10:10, etc.; ἐπιστολαὶ συστατικαί, letters of commendation, 2 Corinthians 3:1 [Winers Grammar, 176 (165). On the possible use of the plural of this word interchangeably with the singular (cf. Thomas Magister, Ritschl edition, p. 113, 8), see Bp. Lightfoot and Meyer on Philippians 3:1. (Euripides, Thucydides, others)].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
9:2; 15:30
Romans
16:22
1 Corinthians
5:9
2 Corinthians
3:1; 10:10
Philippians
3:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1992 matches the Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolē),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:1 - And Ezekias sent to all Israel and Juda, and wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasse, that they should come into the house of the Lord to Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the Lord God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:6 - And the posts went with the letters from the king and the princes to all Israel and Juda, according to the command of the king, saying, Children of Israel, return to the Lord God of Abraam, and Isaac, and Israel, and bring back them that have escaped even those that were left of the hand of the king of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:6 - And in the reign of Assuerus, even in the beginning of his reign, they wrote a letter against the inhabitants of Juda and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:8 - Reum the chancellor, and Sampsa the scribe wrote an epistle against Jerusalem to king Arthasastha, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:11 - This is the purport of the letter, which they sent to him: Thy servants the men beyond the river to king Arthasastha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:6 - the copy of a letter, which Thanthanai, the governor of the part on this side the river, and Satharbuzanai, and their fellow-servants the Apharsachæans who were on this side of the river, sent to king Darius.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - And I said to the king, If it seem good to the king, let him give me letters to the governors beyond the river, so as to forward me till I come to Juda;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:8 - and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the garden which belongs to the king, that he may give me timber to cover the gates, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I shall enter. And the king gave to me, according as the good hand of God was upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:9 - And I came to the governors beyond the river, and I gave them the king's letters. (Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:5 - Then Sanaballat sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:17 - And in those days letters came to Tobias from many nobles of Juda, and those of Tobias came to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:19 - And they reported his words to me, and carried out my words to him: and Tobias sent letters to terrify me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14 - And the copies of the letters were published in every province; and an order was given to all the nations to be ready against that day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:26 - Therefore these days were called Phruræ, because of the lots; (for in their language they are called Phruræ;) because of the words of this letter, and because of all they suffered on this account, and all that happened to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29 - And queen Esther, the daughter of Aminadab, and Mardochæus the Jew, wrote all that they had done, and the confirmation of the letter of Phruræ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:2 - [fn]He sends messengers by the sea, and paper letters on the water: for swift messengers shall go to a lofty nation, and to a strange and harsh people. Who is beyond it? a nation not looked for, and trodden down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:1 - At that time Marodach Baladan, the son of Baladan, the king of Babylonia, sent letters and ambassadors and gifts to Ezekias: for he had heard that he [fn]had been sick even to death, and was recovered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:1 - (LXX 36:1) And these are the words of the book which Jeremias sent from Jerusalem to the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the false prophets, even an epistle to Babylon for the captivity, and to all the people;
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