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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 - Hezekiah sent messages throughout Israel and Judah; he even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, summoning them to come to the LORD's temple in Jerusalem and observe a Passover celebration for the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:6 - Messengers delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah. This royal edict read: "O Israelites, return to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:6 - At the beginning of the reign of Ahasuerus they filed an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:8 - Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter concerning Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:11 - (This is a copy of the letter they sent to him:) "To King Artaxerxes, from your servants in Trans-Euphrates:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:6 - This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and his colleagues who were the officials of Trans-Euphrates sent to King Darius.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - I said to the king, "If the king is so inclined, let him give me letters for the governors of Trans-Euphrates that will enable me to travel safely until I reach Judah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:8 - and a letter for Asaph the keeper of the king's nature preserve, so that he will give me timber for beams for the gates of the fortress adjacent to the temple and for the city wall and for the house to which I go." So the king granted me these requests, for 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 went to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, and I presented to them the letters from the king. 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 - The fifth time that Sanballat sent his assistant to me in this way, he had an open letter in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:17 - In those days the aristocrats of Judah repeatedly sent letters to Tobiah, and responses from Tobiah were repeatedly coming to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:19 - They were telling me about his good deeds and then taking back to him the things I said. Tobiah, on the other hand, sent letters in order to scare me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14 - A copy of this edict was to be presented as law throughout every province; it was to be made known to all the inhabitants, so that they would be prepared for this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:26 - For this reason these days are known as Purim, after the name of pur.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29 - So Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, and 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 - that sends messengers by sea, who glide over the water's surface in boats made of papyrus. Go, you swift messengers, to a nation of tall, smooth-skinned people, to a people that are feared far and wide, to a nation strong and victorious, whose land 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 gift to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been ill and had recovered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:1 - The prophet Jeremiah sent a letter to the exiles Nebuchadnezzar had carried off from Jerusalem to Babylon. It was addressed to the elders who were left among the exiles, to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the other people who were exiled in Babylon.
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