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ἐπιστολή

MainId: 002012000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ε

StrongCodes: G1992

Notes: {'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'ἐπιστολή may occur either in the sense of the physical object (see {D:6.63}) which is used as a means of communication or as the content of what is written ({D:33.48}), but in some contexts it is difficult, if not impossible, to distinguish between these two phases of the meaning of ἐπιστολή.'}

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 002012001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: ἐπιστολή

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ῆς

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'στέλλομαι', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 002012001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 6.63

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Artifacts

      LEXSubDomains: Instruments Used in Marking and Writing

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-06-25 18:37:16

         DefinitionShort: an object containing writing addressed to one or more persons

         Glosses: letter (normally written on papyrus)

         Comments: In some languages it may be necessary to try to distinguish between a letter as an object and a letter as content or message. In {S:04402303300018} the focus seems to be upon the letter as an object, not necessarily upon the contents of the document. In most contexts, however, it is impossible to distinguish between a letter as a material object and a letter as a message (see {D:33.48}).

      LEXReferences: ACTs 9:2, ACTs 15:30, ACTs 22:5, ACTs 23:25, ACTs 23:33, ROM 16:22, 1COR 16:3, 2COR 3:1, 1TH 5:27, 2TH 2:2, 2TH 2:15, 2TH 3:14

   2. LEXID: 002012001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 33.48

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Communication

      LEXSubDomains: Written Language

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-06-25 18:37:16

         DefinitionShort: a written communication, usually from one person to one or more persons{N:001}

         Glosses: letter

         Comments: It is also possible to understand {L:ἐπιστολή} in {S:04402302500004} not as a content or message, but as an object (see {D:6.63})

      LEXReferences: ACTs 9:2, ACTs 23:25, ROM 16:22, 1COR 5:9, 1COR 16:3, 2COR 3:2, 2COR 3:3, 2COR 7:8, 2COR 7:8, 2COR 10:9, 2COR 10:10, 2COR 10:11, COL 4:16, 1TH 5:27, 2TH 2:2, 2TH 2:15, 2TH 3:17, 2PET 3:1, 2PET 3:16