ἐπιστέλλω
epistéllō · G1989 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to write a letter, to send a letter to
Communicate with someone by means of a letter
ExamplesActs 15:20 but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols, from acts of sexual immorality, from what has been strangled, and from blood.
Hebrews 13:22 But I urge you, brothers and sisters, listen patiently to this word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐγώI, we 1
- Not stated: I 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
To or for whomIndirect object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- σύyou 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- περίconcerning, about, for+ πιστεύωto believe 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- καίand 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κρίνωto judge 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- γράφω gráphō · G1125 · to write, (it) is written
- γράφω is the general Greek verb for writing and is frequently used for writing letters and epistles; ἐπιστέλλω is more specialized, emphasizing the formal act of sending a written communication with authoritative instruction, while γράφω is the broader term for the act of writing itself.
In the other Testament 1 word
- כָּתַב kâthab · H3789 · to write down, to write, to inscribe
- כָּתַב is the standard Hebrew verb for writing, including writing letters and communications; it serves as the natural translation equivalent for ἐπιστέλλω when rendering the act of writing/sending a letter into Hebrew.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To write a letter, to send a letter to33.49
- The Jerusalem council decides in Acts 15:20 “that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols,” ἐπιστέλλω naming the formal act of sending written instruction to the Gentile believers.
Word family 16 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 1 aorist ἐπέστειλα; properly, to send to one a message, command (Herodotus and…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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