ἐπιστολή
epistolḗ · G1992 · Greek · 24 occurrences
Meanings
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An object containing writing addressed to one or more persons (letter (normally written on papyrus))
ExamplesActs 9:2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them in shackles to Jerusalem.
Acts 15:30 So when they were sent away, they went down to Antioch; and after gathering the congregation together, they delivered the letter.
Acts 22:5 as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brothers, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished.
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letter
A written communication, usually from one person to one or more persons
ExamplesActs 9:2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them in shackles to Jerusalem.
Acts 23:25 And he wrote a letter with the following content:
Romans 16:22 I, Tertius, who have written this letter, greet you in the Lord.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐγώI, we 2
- ΧριστόςChrist, Messiah 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
4 occurrences in 5 groups
- δεύτεροςsecond 1
- ἐκεῖνοςthat, that one, there 1
- ἔχωto have 1
- οὗτοςthis 1
- συστατικόςcommendatory 1
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἀναγινώσκωto read 2
- λυπέωto grieve, to be sad, to make sad 1
What is done to itIt is the object
9 occurrences in 7 groups
- γράφωto write 3
- δέχομαιto receive, to welcome, to accept 1
- αἰτέωto ask for, to demand, to plead for 1
- ἐπιδίδωμιto give to 1
- ἀναδίδωμιto hand over 1
- φημίto say 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἰσχυρόςstrong, mighty 1
- βαρύςheavy, weighty 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σύyou 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
10 occurrences in 2 groups
- διάthrough 8
- ἐνin 6
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
- γράμμα grámma · G1121 · letter, writing, what has been written
- ἐπιστολή (a letter) and γράμμα (“a writing, i.e. a letter, note, epistle, book,” or in the plural, learning) both denote written correspondence in the specific sense of a letter written and sent; γράμμα additionally has a broader application beyond epistolary contexts, including documents, accounts, and learning.
In the other Testament 1 word
- אִגֶּרֶת ʼiggereth · H107 · letter
- Hebrew אִגֶּרֶת (ʼiggereth, H107) and Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ, G1992) both denote a written message or letter, representing direct cross-linguistic translation equivalents for the same core concept of written correspondence.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Letter33.48
- Acts 23:33 reports that the horsemen “delivered the letter to the governor,” ἐπιστολή naming the written correspondence carried to Felix concerning Paul's case.
- Letter (normally written on papyrus)6.63
- In Acts 9:2, Saul “asked for letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus,” ἐπιστολή here naming the physical written documents Saul carried as official authorization for his mission.
Word family 16 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐπιστολῆς, ἡ (ἐπιστέλλω), a letter, epistle: Acts 15:30; Rom 16:22; 1 Cor 5:9, etc.;…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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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