ἐπιστολή (epistolē) means “epistle” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ep-is-tol-ay' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
ἐπιστολή · epistolē · epistle
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.) (AS)
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a letter, dispatch, epistle, message.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| letter | 15 |
| letters | 7 |
| a letter | 1 |
| our letters | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| epistle | 8 |
| letters | 6 |
| the epistle | 3 |
| a letter | 2 |
| epistles | 2 |
| an epistle | 1 |
| letter | 1 |
| this epistle | 1 |
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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.
Read word by wordSo the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they assembled the congregation and delivered the letter.
Read word by wordas 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.
Read word by wordAnd he wrote the following letter:
Read word by wordWhen the horsemen arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and presented Paul to him.
Read word by wordI, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.
Read word by wordI wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
Read word by wordThen, on my arrival, I will send letters with those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
Read word by wordAre we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
Read word by wordYou yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
Read word by wordIt 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.
Read word by wordEven 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—
Read word by wordI do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.
Read word by wordFor some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”
Read word by wordSuch people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.
Read word by wordAfter 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.
Read word by wordI charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.
Read word by wordnot 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.
Read word by wordTherefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
Read word by wordTake 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.
Read word by wordThis greeting is in my own hand—Paul. This is my mark in every letter; it is the way I write.
Read word by wordBeloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking
Read word by wordHe 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.
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