ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΑΣ, επιστολας
EPISTOLAS, epistolas
Sounds Like: eh-pee-sto-LAS
Translations: letters, epistles
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a letter or an epistle, a written communication sent from one person or group to another. In ancient contexts, these were often formal documents, sometimes intended for public reading or widespread distribution, similar to modern-day official correspondence or published writings. It is a compound word, formed from 'epi' (upon, to) and 'stello' (to send).
Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1992 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 2 Esdras — 12:7, 12:9, 16:19
- 1 Maccabees — 9:60, 10:3, 10:7, 10:17, 11:29, 12:2, 12:4, 12:8, 12:17, 15:1, 15:15, 16:19
- Isaiah — 18:2, 39:1
- Acts of the Apostles — 9:2, 22:5
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.
- ἘΠΕΙΣΤΟΛΗΣ — of a letter, of an epistle
- 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
- 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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