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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 asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:30 - So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they gathered the church together and delivered the letter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:5 - as the high priest and all the Council can themselves testify. I even obtained letters from them to their associates in Damascus, and went there to bring these people as 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 as follows:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:33 - When the cavalry arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and handed Paul over to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:9 - I wrote to 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 give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with 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? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

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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 - You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:8 - Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Though I did regret it—I see that my letter hurt you, but only for a little while—

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:9 - I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you with my letters.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:10 - For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:11 - Such people should realize that what we are in our letters when we are absent, we will be in our actions when we are present.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:16 - After this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:27 - I charge you before 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 become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:15 - So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings[fn] we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:14 - Take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter. Do not associate with them, in order that they may feel ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:17 - I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand, which is the distinguishing mark in all my letters. This is how I write.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:1 - Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:16 - He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
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