STRONGS NUMBER G1992


Word Summary
epistolē: an epistle, a letter
Original Word: ἐπιστολή
Transliteration: epistolē
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-is-tol-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: an epistle, a letter
Meaning: an epistle, a letter
Strong's Concordance
epistle, letter.

From epistello; a written message -- "epistle," letter.

see GREEK epistello

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1992: ἐπιστολή

ἐπιστολή, ἐπιστολῆς, (ἐπιστέλλω), a letter, epistle: Acts 15:30; Romans 16:22; 1 Corinthians 5:9, etc.; plural, Acts 9:2; 2 Corinthians 10:10, etc.; ἐπιστολαί συστατικαι, letters of commendation, 2 Corinthians 3:1 (Winers Grammar, 176 (165). On the possible use of the plural of this word interchangeably with the singular (cf. Thomas Magister, Ritschl edition, p. 113, 8), see Lightfoot and Meyer on Philippians 3:1. (Euripides, Thucydides, others)).