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Strong's numbers

ἐπιστολή G1992

epistolḗ

ep-is-tol-ay'

from ἐπιστέλλω; a written message:--"epistle," letter.

Abbott–Smith

ἐπι-στολή, -ῆς, ἡ (< ἐπιατέλλω), [in LXX for אִגֶּרֶת, etc.; freq. in Mac ;]
1. a message.
2. a letter, an epistle: Ac 9:2, I Co 5:9, al.; pl., Ac 22:5, I Co 16:3, al.; ἐ. σνστατικαί, II Co 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.)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), in the public domain.

23 occurrences

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  • 2 Thessalonians 3:17
    The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.
  • 2 Peter 3:1
    This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
  • 2 Peter 3:16
    As 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.