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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:2 - and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:30 - So when they were sent off, they went down to Antioch; and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:5 - as the high priest and the whole council of elders bear me witness. From them I received letters to the brethren, and I journeyed to Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:25 - And he wrote a letter to this effect:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:33 - When they came to Caesare'a and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:22 - I Tertius, the writer of 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 immoral men;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 16:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:3 - And when I arrive, I will send those whom you accredit by letter 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? Or do we need, as some do, 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 of recommendation, written on your hearts, to be known and read by all men;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:3 - and you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, 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 - For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it (though I did regret it), for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:9 - I would not seem to be frightening you with letters.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:10 - For they say, "His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:11 - Let such people understand that what we say by letter when absent, we do when present.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:16 - And when this letter has been read among you, have it read also in the church of the La-odice'ans; and see that you read also the letter from La-odice'a.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:27 - I adjure you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:2 - not to be quickly shaken in mind or excited, either by spirit or by word, or by letter purporting to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:15 - So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:14 - If any one refuses to obey what we say in this letter, note that man, and have nothing to do with him, 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. This is the mark in every letter of mine; it is the way I write.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:1 - This is now the second letter that I have written to you, beloved, and in both of them I have aroused your sincere mind by way of reminder;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:16 - speaking of this as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures.
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