ἘΠΕΣΤΕΛΛΕΝ, ἐπεστελλεν
EPESTELLEN, epestellen
Sounds Like: eh-peh-STEL-len
Translations: was sending a message, was writing, was commanding, was instructing
From the root: ἘΠΙΣΤΕΛΛΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition 'ἐπί' (epi, meaning 'upon' or 'to') and the verb 'στέλλω' (stellō, meaning 'to send' or 'to dispatch'). It generally means to send a message, to write a letter, or to give instructions or commands, often with the implication of sending something to someone. The imperfect tense indicates an ongoing, repeated, or customary action in the past.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G1989 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΣΤΕΛΛΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΣΤΕΙΛΑΜΕΝ — we sent, we wrote, we instructed
- ἘΠΙΣΤΕΙΛΑΝΤΑ — having sent, having written, having sent a message, having sent a letter
- ἘΠΙΣΤΕΛΛΟΝΤΕΣ — writing, sending a letter, instructing by letter, those who write, those who send a letter
- ἘΠΙΣΤΕΛΛΩΝ — sending, dispatching, writing, a sender, a writer
- ΤΩΝἘΠΕΣΤΑΛΜΕΝΩΝ — of the things sent, of the things commanded, of the things written, of the things instructed
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