ἘΠΕΙΣΤΟΛΗΣ, ἐπειστολης
EPEISTOLĒS, epeistolēs
Sounds Like: eh-pee-sto-LEES
Translations: of a letter, of an epistle
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive singular form of 'epistolē', meaning 'letter' or 'epistle'. It refers to a written message or communication. It is a compound word formed from 'epi' (upon, to) and 'stellō' (to send), literally meaning 'that which is sent to someone'. It is used to indicate possession or origin, for example, 'the content of a letter' or 'the author of a letter'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1992 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 11:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΙΣΤΟΛΑΙ — letters, epistles, dispatches
- ἘΠΙΣΤΟΛΑΙΣ — to letters, to epistles, to messages, to dispatches
- ἘΠΙΣΤΟΛΑΣ — letters, epistles, a letter, an epistle
- ἘΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ — letter, an epistle, a letter, an epistle
- ἘΠΙΣΤΟΛΗΝ — letter, an epistle, a letter, an epistle, a written message
- ἘΠΙΣΤΟΛΗΣ — of a letter, of a message, of an epistle
- ἘΠΙΣΤΟΛΩΝ — of letters, of epistles, of messages
- ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΑΙ — letters, epistles
- ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΑΙΣ — to letters, to epistles, in letters, in epistles
- ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΑΣ — letters, epistles
- ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ — letter, epistle, a letter, an epistle
- ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗΝ — letter, an epistle, a message
- ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗΣ — of a letter, of an epistle, a letter, an epistle
- ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΩ — letter, an epistle, a message
- ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΩΝ — of letters, of epistles
- ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛ‾Η‾ — letter, an epistle, a message
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