ἐπιστολή
epistolē
ἐπι-στολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(ἐπιατέλλω), [in LXX for אִגֶּרֶת, etc.; frequently in Mac ;]
1. a message.
2. a letter, an epistle: Act.9:2, 1Co.5:9, al.; pl., Act.22:5, 1Co.16:3, al.; ἐ. σνστατικαί, 2Co.3:1 (cf. Milligan, NTD, 254 f.). (On the NT ἐπιστολαί, cf. Milligan, Th., 121 ff.; NTD, 85 ff.; Deiss., BS, 3 ff.; St. Paul, 8 ff.)
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Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 23 verses
- Acts 9:2 ἐπιστολὰς
and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
- Acts 15:30 ἐπιστολήν
So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they assembled the congregation and delivered the letter.
- Acts 22:5 ἐπιστολὰς
as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
- Acts 23:25 ἐπιστολὴν
And he wrote the following letter:
- Acts 23:33 ἐπιστολὴν
When the horsemen arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and presented Paul to him.
- Romans 16:22 ἐπιστολὴν
I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 5:9 ἐπιστολῇ
I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
- 1 Corinthians 16:3 ἐπιστολῶν
Then, on my arrival, I will send letters with those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
- 2 Corinthians 3:1 ἐπιστολῶν
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
- 2 Corinthians 3:2 ἐπιστολὴ
You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
- 2 Corinthians 3:3 ἐπιστολὴ
It is clear 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.
- 2 Corinthians 7:8 ἐπιστολῇἐπιστολὴ
Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it, I now see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time.
- 2 Corinthians 10:9 ἐπιστολῶν
I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.
- 2 Corinthians 10:10 ἐπιστολαὶ
For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”
- 2 Corinthians 10:11 ἐπιστολῶν
Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.
- Colossians 4:16 ἐπιστολή
After this letter has been read among you, make sure that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:27 ἐπιστολὴν
I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:2 ἐπιστολῆς
not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:15 ἐπιστολῆς
Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:14 ἐπιστολῆς
Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:17 ἐπιστολῇ
This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. This is my mark in every letter; it is the way I write.
- 2 Peter 3:1 ἐπιστολήν
Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking
- 2 Peter 3:16 ἐπιστολαῖς
He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.