ἐπιστολή
epistolē
“epistle”
Definition
a written message
from G1989 (ἐπιστέλλω);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
ἐπιστολή appears 23 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then, on my arrival, I will send letters with those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”
It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.
So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they assembled the congregation and delivered the letter.
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