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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 24 times in 23 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:2 - and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:30 - So when they were dismissed, they went down to Antioch, and after gathering the entire group together, they delivered the letter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:5 - as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to make arrests there and bring the prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:25 - He wrote a letter that went like this:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:33 - When the horsemen came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:22 - I, Tertius, who am writing this letter, greet you in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:9 - I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 16:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:3 - Then, when I arrive, I will send those whom you approve with letters of explanation to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:1 - Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? We don't need letters of recommendation to you or from you as some other people do, do we?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:2 - You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:3 - revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:8 - For even if I made you sad by my letter, I do not regret having written it (even though I did regret it, for I see that my letter made you sad, though only for a short time).

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:9 - I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:10 - because some say, "His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:11 - Let such a person consider this: What we say by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:16 - And after you have read this letter, have it read to the church of Laodicea. In turn, read the letter from Laodicea as well.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:27 - I call on you solemnly in the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:2 - not to be easily shaken from your composure or disturbed by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:15 - Therefore, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions that we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:14 - But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note of him and do not associate closely with him, so that he may be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:17 - I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which is how I write in every letter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:1 - Dear friends, this is already the second letter I have written you, in which I am trying to stir up your pure mind by way of reminder:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:16 - speaking of these things in all his letters. Some things in these letters are hard to understand, things the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they also do to the rest of the scriptures.
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