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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 - And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:6 - Then the runners went throughout all Israel and Judah with the letters from the king and his leaders, and spoke according to the command of the king: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel; then He will return to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:6 - In the reign of 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 - Rehum[fn] the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes in this fashion:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:11 - (This is a copy of the letter that they sent him)
To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the men of the region beyond the River, and so forth:[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:6 - This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai sent:
The governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, and his companions, the Persians who were in the region beyond the River, to Darius the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - Furthermore I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given to me for the governors of the region beyond the River,[fn] that they must permit me to pass through till 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 must give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel which pertains to the temple,[fn] for the city wall, and for the house that I will occupy.” And the king granted them to me according to the good hand of my God upon me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:9 - Then I went to the governors in the region beyond the River, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:5 - Then Sanballat sent his servant to me as before, the 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 the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:19 - Also they reported his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. 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 document was to be issued as law in every province, being published for all people, that they should be ready for that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:26 - So they called these days Purim, after the name Pur. Therefore, because of all the words of this letter, what they had seen concerning this matter, and what had happened to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29 - Then Queen Esther, the 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 ambassadors by sea,
Even in vessels of reed on the waters, saying,
“Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth of skin,
To a people terrible from their beginning onward,
A nation powerful and treading down,
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[fn] the 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 that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the remainder of the elders who were carried away captive—to the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon.
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