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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 24 times in 23 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:2

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and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

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So they were sent off and went down to Antioch, and after gathering the assembly, they delivered the letter.

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“as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. After I received letters from them to the brothers, I traveled to Damascus to arrest those who were there and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

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He wrote the following letter:[fn]

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When these men entered Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.

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I, Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord.[fn]

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I wrote to you in a letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

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When I arrive, I will send with letters those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

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Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:2

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You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:3

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You show that you are Christ’s letter, delivered[fn] by us, not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God ​— ​not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.[fn]

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For even if I grieved you with my letter, I don’t regret it. And if I regretted it ​— ​since I saw that the letter grieved you, yet only for a while ​— ​

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I don’t want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters.

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For it is said, “His letters are weighty and powerful, but his physical presence is weak and his public speaking amounts to nothing.”

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Let such a person consider this: What we are in our letters, when we are absent, we will also be in our actions when we are present.

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After this letter has been read at your gathering, have it read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea.

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I charge you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the brothers and sisters.

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not to be easily upset or troubled, either by a prophecy[fn] or by a message or by a letter supposedly from us, alleging that the day of the Lord[fn] has come.

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So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold to the traditions you were taught, whether by what we said or what we wrote.

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If anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take note of that person; don’t associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.

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I, Paul, am writing this greeting with my own hand, which is an authenticating mark in every letter; this is how I write.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:1

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Dear friends, this is now the second letter I have written to you; in both letters, I want to stir up your sincere understanding by way of reminder,

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He speaks about these things in all his letters. There are some things hard to understand in them. The untaught and unstable will twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures.

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