ἘΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ, ἐπιστολη
EPISTOLĒ, epistolē
Sounds Like: ep-is-toh-LEE
Translations: letter, an epistle, a letter, an epistle
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a written communication, a message sent from one person or group to another. It is commonly used in the context of official correspondence or personal letters.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1992 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:34
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 21:10
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:11
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 63:2
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 12:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 9 — 5:99
- Book 11 — 1:18, 4:119
- Book 12 — 2:57, 3:145, 6:228
- Book 14 — 10:224
- Book 16 — 9:296
- Book 17 — 5:134, 5:135
- Book 18 — 8:308
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 27:16
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 1:1
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 13:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- 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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