King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1992
Transliteration: epistolē
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-is-tol-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: an epistle, a letter
Meaning: an epistle, a letter
ἐπιστολή, ἐπιστολῆς, ἡ (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)).
Word Summary
epistolē: an epistle, a letter
Original Word: ἐπιστολήTransliteration: 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: ἐπιστολήἐπιστολή, ἐπιστολῆς, ἡ (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)).