Epistle
ἐπιστολήStrong’s G1992epistolē
Appears in 23 verses of the New Testament
In short
Epistolē is the Greek word usually translated “letter” and “letters”. It appears in 23 verses of the New Testament.
“That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.”
Meaning
Usually translated “letter” and “letters”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- letter 14
- letters 8
- a letter 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 7
- Acts 5
- 2 Thessalonians 4
- 1 Corinthians 2
- 2 Peter 2
- Romans 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Thessalonians 2:15In contextTherefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:14In contextAnd if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:17In contextThe salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.
- 2 Peter 3:1In contextThis second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
- 2 Peter 3:16In contextAs also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
- Acts 9:2And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Greek dictionary
ἐπιστολή epistolē · epistle
ἐπι-στολή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἐπιατέλλω), [in LXX for אִגֶּרֶת, etc.; frequently in Mac ;] 1. a message. 2. a letter, an epistle: Act.9:2, 1Co.5:9, al.; pl., Act.22:5, 1Co.16:3, al.; ἐ. σνστατικαί, 2Co.3:1 (cf. Milligan, NTD, 254 f.). (On the NT ἐπιστολαί, cf. Milligan, Th., 121 ff.; NTD, 85 ff.; Deiss., BS, 3 ff.; St. Paul, 8 ff.) (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “epistle” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EPIS'TLE, noun
epis'l. [Latin epistola; Gr. to send to; to send.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.