ἈΝΤΕΠΙΣΤΕΙΛΑΣ, ἀντεπιστειλας
ANTEPISTEILAS, antepisteilas
Sounds Like: an-tep-is-TEI-las
Translations: having written back, having replied by letter, having sent a letter in return
From the root: ΑΝΤΕΠΙΣΤΕΛΛΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle derived from the verb ἀντεπιστέλλω. It means 'having written back' or 'having replied by letter'. It is a compound word formed from ἀντί (anti, 'against, in return') and ἐπιστέλλω (epistellō, 'to send a message, to write a letter'). It describes an action of sending a letter or message in response to a previous one.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G0486 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 12:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΝΤΕΠΙΣΤΕΛΛΩ.
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- ΑΝΤΕΠΙΣΤΕΛΛΩ — to write back, to reply by letter
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