epistle
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Female
Definition:
ἐπι-στολή, -ῆς, ἡ (< ἐπιατέλλω), [in LXX for אִגֶּרֶת, etc; freq. in Mac;] 1) a message. 2) a letter, an epistle: Act.9:2, 1Co.5:9, al; pl, Act.22:5, 1Co.16:3, al; ἐ. σνστατικαί, 2Co.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.) (AS)
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Female
Definition:
ἐπιστολ-ή, ἡ, (ἐπιστέλλω)
anything sent by a messenger, message, order, commission, whether verbal or in writing, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἐπιστολῆς by
command, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: used by Trag. always in
plural, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Πενθέως ἐπιστολαῖς
by his
commands, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τέκνων ἐπιστολὰς ἔγραψεν
commands about her children, [
Refs]
2).
letter, ἐ. διαπέμπειν, ἀποδοῦναι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πέμπειν τινί [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: in
plural of one letter, like{γράμματα}, Latin
litterae, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐπιστολῶν. τοῦ Ὄθωνος, Latin
ab epistulis Othoni, his
secretary, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; νομογραφικὴ ἐ. [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
Pronounciation:
ep-is-tol-ay'
Morphhology:
Noun Feminine
Definition:
a written message; "epistle," letter; from
g1989 (ἐπιστέλλω);