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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 Box 2Ch 30:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:1 - Now Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem to [fn]celebrate the Passover to the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:6 - The [fn]couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with the letters from the hand of the king and his princes, even according to the command of the king, saying, “O sons of Israel, return to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, that He may return to those of you who escaped and are left from the [fn]hand of the kings of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:6 - Now in the reign of [fn]Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:8 - [fn]Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes, as follows—

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:11 - this is the copy of the letter which they sent to him: “To King Artaxerxes: Your servants, the men in the region beyond the River, and now

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:6 - This is the copy of the letter which Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai and his colleagues the officials, who were beyond the River, sent to Darius the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - And I said to the king, “If it please the king, let letters be given me for the governors of the provinces beyond the River, that they may allow me to pass through until I come to Judah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:8 - and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress which is by the [fn]temple, for the wall of the city and for the house to which I will go.” And the king granted them to me because the good hand of my God was on me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:9 - Then I came to the governors of the provinces beyond the River and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:5 - Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same manner a fifth time with an open letter in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:17 - Also in those days many letters went from the nobles of Judah to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:19 - Moreover, they were speaking about his good deeds in my presence and reported my words to him. Then Tobiah sent letters to frighten me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14 - A copy of the edict to be [fn]issued as law in every province was published to all the peoples so that they should be ready for this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:26 - Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. [fn]And because of the instructions in this letter, both what they had seen in this regard and what had happened to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29 - Then Queen Esther, daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter about Purim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:2 - Which sends envoys by the sea,
Even in papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters.
Go, swift messengers, to a nation [fn]tall and smooth,
To a people feared [fn]far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation
Whose land the rivers divide.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:1 - At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:1 - Now these are the words of the letter which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the rest of the elders of the exile, the priests, the prophets and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
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