King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1989
Transliteration: epistellō
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-stel'-lo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to send a message (by letter)
Meaning: to send a message (by letter)
ἐπιστέλλω 1 aorist ἐπέστειλα; properly, to send to one a message, command (Herodotus and following); ἐπιστολάς, to send by letter, write a letter, Plato, epistles, p. 363 b., hence, simply to write a letter (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 3, 1 b.): τίνι, Hebrews 13:22 (Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 7, 1 [ET]; 47, 3 [ET]; 62, 1 [ET]; and often in Greek writings); to enjoin by letter, to write instructions: Acts 21:25 R G T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; followed by τοῦ with an infinitive expressing purpose (cf. Winers Grammar, 326 (306); Buttmann, 270 (232)): Acts 15:20.
Word Summary
epistellō: to send a message (by letter)
Original Word: ἐπιστέλλωTransliteration: epistellō
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-stel'-lo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to send a message (by letter)
Meaning: to send a message (by letter)
Strong's Concordance
write a letter unto. From epi and stello; to enjoin (by writing), i.e. (genitive case) to communicate by letter (for any purpose) -- write (a letter, unto).
see GREEK epi
see GREEK stello
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1989: ἐπιστέλλωἐπιστέλλω 1 aorist ἐπέστειλα; properly, to send to one a message, command (Herodotus and following); ἐπιστολάς, to send by letter, write a letter, Plato, epistles, p. 363 b., hence, simply to write a letter (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 3, 1 b.): τίνι, Hebrews 13:22 (Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 7, 1 [ET]; 47, 3 [ET]; 62, 1 [ET]; and often in Greek writings); to enjoin by letter, to write instructions: Acts 21:25 R G T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; followed by τοῦ with an infinitive expressing purpose (cf. Winers Grammar, 326 (306); Buttmann, 270 (232)): Acts 15:20.