ἘΠΙΣΤΑΛΗ, ἐπισταλη
EPISTALĒ, epistalē
Sounds Like: ep-is-TAH-lay
Translations: it was sent, it was commanded, it was written
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΤΕΛΛΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is the third person singular, aorist passive indicative form of the verb 'ἐπιστέλλω' (epistellō). It means 'it was sent' or 'it was commanded/enjoined'. It describes an action that was completed in the past, where the subject received the action rather than performing it. For example, 'The letter was sent' or 'The command was given'.
Inflection: Singular, 3rd Person, Aorist, Passive, Indicative
Strong’s number: G1989 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 9:156
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΣΤΕΛΛΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΣΤΑΛΚΑΣ — you have sent, you have written, you have dispatched, you have instructed
- ἘΠΕΣΤΑΛΚΕΙ — he had sent, she had sent, it had sent
- ἘΠΕΣΤΑΛΚΕΣΑΝ — they had sent, they had written, they had commanded
- ἘΠΕΣΤΑΛΜΕΝΑ — having been sent, dispatched, written, a letter, an epistle
- ἘΠΕΣΤΑΛΜΕΝΩΝ — (of) those sent, (of) those dispatched, (of) those commanded, (of) those instructed, (of) those written
- ἘΠΕΣΤΕΙΛΑ — I sent a letter, I wrote, I instructed, I commanded
- ἘΠΕΣΤΕΙΛΕ — he sent, he wrote, he sent a letter, he dispatched
- ἘΠΕΣΤΕΙΛΕΝ — he sent, he sent a letter, he wrote, he gave instructions
- ἘΠΕΣΤΕΛΛΕ — he was sending, he sent, he was writing, he wrote
- ἘΠΙΣΤΑΛΕΝΤΩΝ — (of) having been sent, (of) having been commanded, (of) those who have been sent, (of) those who have been commanded
- ἘΠΙΣΤΕΙΛΑΙ — to send a message, to write, to command, to instruct, to enjoin
- ἘΠΙΣΤΕΙΛΑΝΤΟΣ — having sent, having written, having commanded, having given instructions
- ἘΠΙΣΤΕΙΛΑΣ — having sent a message, having written, having given instructions, having commanded
- ἘΠΙΣΤΕΙΛΕΙΕΝ — to send a message, to write, to command, to instruct
- ἘΠΙΣΤΕΛΛΕΙ — to send a message, to send word, to write, to command, to instruct
- ἘΠΙΣΤΕΛΛΕΙΝ — to send a message, to write a letter, to command, to instruct
- ἘΠΙΣΤΕΛΛΟΜΕΝ — we write, we send a letter, we instruct by letter
- ἘΠΙΣΤΕΛΛΟΝΤΟΣ — of writing, of sending a letter, of giving instructions by letter
- ΕΠΕΣΤΕΙΛΕΝ — he sent, she sent, it sent, he wrote, she wrote, it wrote, he sent word, she sent word, it sent word
- ΕΠΕΣΤΙΛΑ — I sent, I wrote, I sent a letter, I wrote a letter
- ΕΠΕΣΤΙΛΑΜΕ — we wrote, we sent a letter, we sent word
- ΕΠΕΣΤΙΛΕΝ — he sent, she sent, it sent, he wrote, she wrote, it wrote
- ΕΠΙΣΤΕΛΛΩ — to send a message, to write a letter, to send word, to command by letter
- ΕΠΙΣΤΙΛΑΙ — to send a message, to send word, to write, to send a letter, to command by letter
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