Strong's Greek · G1992
G1992 epistolḗ
ἐπιστολή
ep-is-tol-ay'
epistle
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epistolḗ appears 24 times in Scripture, including Acts 9:2 and Romans 16:22. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a written message
In the King James Version
"epistle," letter
Derivation
from G1989 (ἐπιστέλλω);
Appears 24 times in Scripture
“Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it—for I see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time—”
“You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.”
“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.”
“And he wrote the following letter:”
“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.”
“When the horsemen arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and presented Paul to him.”
“I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.”
“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.”
“I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.”
“Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
