Greek root word (lemma) ‘ἐπιστολή’ (epistolē)

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This root form (lemma) ‘ἐπιστολή’ is used in 8 different forms in the Greek originals: ἐπιστολάς (N-····AFP), ἐπιστολή (N-····NFS), ἐπιστολήν (N-····AFS), ἐπιστολαί (N-····NFP), ἐπιστολαῖς (N-····DFP), ἐπιστολῆς (N-····GFS), ἐπιστολῇ (N-····DFS), ἐπιστολῶν (N-····GFP).

It is glossed in 3 different ways: ‘a letter’, ‘letter’, ‘letters’.

Have 24 uses of Greek root word (lemma) ‘epistolē’ (noun) in the Greek originals

Acts 9:2 ἐπιστολάς (epistolas) AFP ‘he requested from him letters into Damaskos/(Dammeseq) to’ SR GNT Acts 9:2 word 5

OET-LV: 2 he _requested letters from him to the synagogues into Damaskos/(Dammeseq), so _that if he _may _find any of _the way, being both men and women, having _been _bound he _may _bring them to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim). (ACT_9:2)

OET-RV: 2 and obtained official letters to enable him to enter the Jewish meeting halls in Damascus so that if he found either male or female followers of Yeshua, he could arrest them and bring them to Yerushalem in chains. (ACT 9:2)

Acts 15:30 ἐπιστολήν (epistolaʸn) AFS ‘multitude they handed_out the letter’ SR GNT Acts 15:30 word 18

OET-LV: 30 Therefore indeed they having _been _sent _away, came _down to Antioⱪeia, and having _gathered _together the multitude, they _handed _out the letter. (ACT_15:30)

OET-RV: 30 So they were sent off and when they arrived at Antioch, they gathered the believers and handed across the letter, (ACT 15:30)

Acts 22:5 ἐπιστολάς (epistolas) AFP ‘from whom also letters having received to the’ SR GNT Acts 22:5 word 18

OET-LV: 5 as also the chief _priest is _testifying to _me and all the council _of _elders, from whom also having _received letters to the brothers, I _was _going to Damaskos/(Dammeseq), going _to_ also _bring the ones being there, having _been _bound to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), in _order _that they _may _be _punished. (ACT_22:5)

OET-RV: 5 as the Chief Priest and all the council of elders can tell you. I took letters from them to our Jewish brothers in Damascus when I went so that I could arrest the ones there and bring them back here to Yerushalem to be punished. (ACT 22:5)

Acts 23:25 ἐπιστολήν (epistolaʸn) AFS ‘having written a letter having pattern this’ SR GNT Acts 23:25 word 20

OET-LV: 25 having _written a_letter, having the this pattern: (ACT_23:25)

OET-RV: 25 Then the commander wrote a letter ready to take: (ACT 23:25)

Acts 23:33 ἐπιστολήν (epistolaʸn) AFS ‘and having delivered_up the letter to the governor they presented’ SR GNT Acts 23:33 word 9

OET-LV: 33 who having _come _in into the Kaisareia, and having _delivered _up the letter to _the governor, they_ also _presented the Paulos to _him. (ACT_23:33)

OET-RV: 33 to Caesarea, where they presented Paul to the governor along with the letter. (ACT 23:33)

Rom 16:22 ἐπιστολήν (epistolaʸn) AFS ‘the one having written the letter in the master’ SR GNT Rom 16:22 word 9

OET-LV: 22 ˓Am˒_greeting you _all I, Tertios, the one having _written the letter, in the_master. (ROM_16:22)

OET-RV: 22 I, Tertios, the one writing down this letter, greet you all in the master. (ROM 16:22)

1 Cor 5:9 ἐπιστολῇ (epistolaʸ) DFS ‘to you_all in my letter not to_be associating_with with the sexually_immoral’ SR GNT 1 Cor 5:9 word 5

OET-LV: 9 I _wrote to _you _all in my letter, not to _be _associating _with with_the_sexually _immoral, (CO1_5:9)

OET-RV: 9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people, (CO1 5:9)

1 Cor 16:3 ἐπιστολῶν (epistolōn) GFP ‘whomever you_all may approve by letters these I will_be sending to carry_away’ SR GNT 1 Cor 16:3 word 10

OET-LV: 3 And whenever I _may _arrive, whomever if you _all _may _approve, by letters these I _will _be _sending, to _carry _away the grace of _you _all to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim). (CO1_16:3)

OET-RV: 3 Then, when I arrive, I’ll write letters to send with those you recommend to take to Jerusalem with your gift, (CO1 16:3)

2 Cor 3:1 ἐπιστολῶν (epistolōn) GFP ‘as some of commendatory letters to you_all or’ SR GNT 2 Cor 3:1 word 15

OET-LV: 3 We _are _beginning again ourselves to _be _commending? Or not we _are _needing, as some, of _commendatory letters to you _all or from you _all? (CO2_3:1)

OET-RV: 3 Oh, are we beginning to pat ourselves on the back again? Don’t we need written references for you all, or from you all, like some others do? (CO2 3:1)

2 Cor 3:2 ἐπιστολή (epistolaʸ) NFS ‘the letter of us you_all are’ SR GNT 2 Cor 3:2 word 2

OET-LV: 2 The letter of _us you _all are, having _been _inscribed in the hearts of _us, being _known and being _read by all people, (CO2_3:2)

OET-RV: 2 It’s all of you who are our references, and having been written in our hearts, it’s known about and being read by all people. (CO2 3:2)

2 Cor 3:3 ἐπιστολή (epistolaʸ) NFS ‘being revealed that you_all are a letter of chosen_one/messiah having_been served by’ SR GNT 2 Cor 3:3 word 4

OET-LV: 3 being _revealed that you _all _are a_letter of_chosen _one /messiah, having _been _served by us, having _been _inscribed not in _ink, but with_the_spirit of_god the_living, not on tablets stone, but on tablets of _hearts fleshy. (CO2_3:3)

OET-RV: 3 It shows that you who were served by us, are now Messiah’s letter that wasn’t written with ink but with God’s living spirit—not written on stone tablets but on people’s hearts. (CO2 3:3)

2 Cor 7:8 ἐπιστολῇ (epistolaʸ) DFS ‘you_all in the letter not I am regretting it if’ SR GNT 2 Cor 7:8 word 8

OET-LV: 8 Because if also I _sorrowed you _all in the letter, not I _am _regretting it. if even I _was _regretting it (I _am _seeing that the letter that, if even for an_hour sorrowed you _all) (CO2_7:8)

OET-RV: 8 Yes, because even if I made you sad with my letter, I don’t regret sending it. (Well, for a while I was sad for you that I had sent the letter.) (CO2 7:8)

2 Cor 7:8 ἐπιστολή (epistolaʸ) NFS ‘I was regretting it I am seeing that letter that if even’ SR GNT 2 Cor 7:8 word 20

OET-RV: 8 Yes, because even if I made you sad with my letter, I don’t regret sending it. (Well, for a while I was sad for you that I had sent the letter.) (CO2 7:8)

2 Cor 10:9 ἐπιστολῶν (epistolōn) GFP ‘you_all by my letters’ SR GNT 2 Cor 10:9 word 10

OET-LV: 9 in _order _that not I _may _suppose as _though wishfully to _be _terrifying you _all by my letters. (CO2_10:9)

OET-RV: 9 so that hopefully I won’t be terrifying you all with my letters. (CO2 10:9)

2 Cor 10:10 ἐπιστολαί (epistolai) NFP ‘because his letters indeed he is saying heavy’ SR GNT 2 Cor 10:10 word 4

OET-LV: 10 Because: His letters indeed, he _is _saying: heavy and strong are, but the presence of _his body is weak, and his speech having _been _scorned. (CO2_10:10)

OET-RV: 10 Some are saying, “His letters are heavy and strongly-worded, but when he’s actually here, he’s weak and his words get mocked.” (CO2 10:10)

2 Cor 10:11 ἐπιστολῶν (epistolōn) GFP ‘we are in message by letters being_absent such also’ SR GNT 2 Cor 10:11 word 11

OET-LV: 11 This let _be _counting the such one, that such _as we _are the in _message by letters being _absent, such also being _present the in _work. (CO2_10:11)

OET-RV: 11 Those people should reconsider and realise that as we are in our letters when we’re absent, that’s also how we’ll work when we’re present. (CO2 10:11)

Col 4:16 ἐπιστολή (epistolaʸ) NFS ‘among you_all my letter make that also’ SR GNT Col 4:16 word 7

OET-LV: 16 And whenever my letter may _be _read among you _all, make that also it _may _be _read in the assembly of_the_ones_from _Laodikeia, and that the letter from Laodikeia you _all may_ also _read. (COL_4:16)

OET-RV: 16 and whenever my letter gets read to you all, make sure that it’s also read to those from the assembly in Laodicea, and that you all also read their letter. (COL 4:16)

1 Th 5:27 ἐπιστολήν (epistolaʸn) AFS ‘master to_be read my letter to all the brothers’ SR GNT 1 Th 5:27 word 8

OET-LV: 27 I _am _adjuring you _all by _the master, to _be _read my letter to _all the brothers. (TH1_5:27)

OET-RV: 27 I request you by the master to read my letter to all the believers there. (TH1 5:27)

2 Th 2:2 ἐπιστολῆς (epistolaʸs) GFS ‘message nor by letter as_though by us’ SR GNT 2 Th 2:2 word 22

OET-LV: 2 in _order that not quickly to _be _shaken you _all in the mind, nor to _be _being _alarmed, neither by spirit, nor by message, nor by letter, as _though by us, as that has _presented the day of _the master. (TH2_2:2)

OET-RV: 2 to not be alarmed or have your thinking jolted back-and-forth by any ‘spirit’ or message or letter that seems to come from us that tries to say that the master has already returned. (TH2 2:2)

2 Th 2:15 ἐπιστολῆς (epistolaʸs) GFS ‘message or by letter from us’ SR GNT 2 Th 2:15 word 16

OET-LV: 15 Therefore consequently, brothers, be _standing _firm and be _taking _hold _of the traditions that you _all _were _taught, whether by message, or by letter from _us. (TH2_2:15)

OET-RV: 15 So as a result, brothers and sisters, stand firm and keep hold of the practices that we taught you—whether it was spoken or written in our letters. (TH2 2:15)

2 Th 3:14 ἐπιστολῆς (epistolaʸs) GFS ‘message of us through letter this man be taking_note not’ SR GNT 2 Th 3:14 word 12

OET-LV: 14 And if anyone not is _submitting to _the message of _us through the letter, this man be _taking _note, not to _be _associating _with with _him, in _order _that he _may _be _swayed. (TH2_3:14)

OET-RV: 14 And if there’s anyone there who won’t submit to the contents of this letter, then take note of that person and don’t associate with them, in order that they might be persuaded. (TH2 3:14)

2 Th 3:17 ἐπιστολῇ (epistolaʸ) DFS ‘my sign in every letter thus I am writing’ SR GNT 2 Th 3:17 word 12

OET-LV: 17 The greeting the in _my own hand, of _Paulos, which is ^my_sign in every letter, thus I _am _writing. (TH2_3:17)

OET-RV: 17 This farewell is in my own handwriting—I’m Paul, and I do this with every letter I write. (TH2 3:17)

2 Pet 3:1 ἐπιστολήν (epistolaʸn) AFS ‘the second to you_all I am writing letter in which I am awaking’ SR GNT 2 Pet 3:1 word 7

OET-LV: 3 Beloved this is now, the_second letter I _am _writing to _you _all, in which I _am _awaking the sincere mind of _you _all in remembrance, (PE2_3:1)

OET-RV: 3 This is now my second letter to you my friends—both of which were sent as reminders to stir up your minds to sincerely (PE2 3:1)

2 Pet 3:16 ἐπιστολαῖς (epistolais) DFP ‘also in all letters speaking in them’ SR GNT 2 Pet 3:16 word 6

OET-LV: 16 as also in all letters, speaking in them concerning these things, among which is hard _to _understand things some, which the ignorant and unstable are _twisting as also the other scriptures, to their own destruction of _them. (PE2_3:16)

OET-RV: 16 He speaks in all his letters concerning these things, some of which are hard to understand and which ignorant and unstable people twist just like they twist the other scriptures to their own destruction. (PE2 3:16)

Other possible lexically-related lemmas

Greek root word (lemma) ‘stolē’ with prefix=‘epi’

Have 9 uses of Greek root word (lemma) ‘stolē’ (noun) in the Greek originals

Mark 12:38 στολαῖς (stolais) DFP ‘the ones wanting in robes to_be walking and greetings’ SR GNT Mark 12:38 word 23

OET-LV: 38 And in the teaching of _him, he _was _saying: Be _watching _out of the scribes, the ones wanting to _be _walking in robes, and greetings in the marketplaces, (MRK_12:38)

OET-RV: 38 As Yeshua continued teaching, he said, “Watch out for these religious teachers who like to wear fancy robes and be greeted in the square, (MRK 12:38)

Mark 16:5 στολήν (stolaʸn) AFS ‘the right having clothed with a robe white and they were greatly_amazed’ SR GNT Mark 16:5 word 16

OET-LV: 5 And having _come _in into the tomb, they _saw a_young _man sitting on the right, having _clothed with_a_ white _robe, and they _were _greatly _amazed. (MRK_16:5)

OET-RV: 5 So they went on into the burial chamber and were totally stunned to find a young man dressed in white, sitting in there on the side. (MRK 16:5)

Luke 15:22 στολήν (stolaʸn) AFS ‘of him quickly bring_out robe first and dress_in’ SR GNT Luke 15:22 word 16

OET-LV: 22 But the father said to the slaves of _him: Quickly bring _out the first robe, and dress_ him _in, and give a_ring for the hand of _him, and sandals for his feet, (LUK_15:22)

OET-RV: 22 But the father ordered his slaves, ‘Quickly, bring out the best robe and dress him in it, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. (LUK 15:22)

Luke 20:46 στολαῖς (stolais) DFP ‘wanting to_be walking in robes and loving greetings’ SR GNT Luke 20:46 word 9

OET-LV: 46 Be _taking _heed of the scribes which wanting to _be _walking in robes, and loving greetings in the marketplaces, and the_best _seats in the synagogues, and the_best _places at the suppers, (LUK_20:46)

OET-RV: 46 “Watch out for the religious teachers who enjoy walking around in their robes and love the greetings they get in the marketplaces and the best seats in the meeting halls and the best places at the dinners, (LUK 20:46)

Rev 6:11 στολή (stolaʸ) NFS ‘was given to them each a robe white and it was said’ SR GNT Rev 6:11 word 7

OET-LV: 11 And was _given to _them each a_robe white, and it _was _said to _them that they _may _rest a_time still little, until may _be _fulfilled also the fellow-slaves of _them, and the brothers of _them, the ones going to _be _being _killed _off as also they. (REV_6:11)

OET-RV: 11 Then each of them was given a white robe, and told to wait a little longer until the full number was reached of their fellow servants and brothers and sisters who would also be killed like they were. (REV 6:11)

Rev 7:9 στολάς (stolas) AFP ‘the lamb having_been clothed in robes white and palm_branches’ SR GNT Rev 7:9 word 39

OET-LV: 9 After these things I _looked, and see, crowd great, which to _number it no _one was _able, out _of every nation, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, having _stood before the throne and before the lamb, having _been _clothed in _robes white, and palm _branches in the hands of _them, (REV_7:9)

OET-RV: 9 After that, I looked and wow, there was a huge crowd too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and the lamb, having been dressed in white robes and holding palm branches, (REV 7:9)

Rev 7:13 στολάς (stolas) AFP ‘these having_been clothed in the robes white who_all they are’ SR GNT Rev 7:13 word 19

OET-LV: 13 And answered one of of _the elders, saying to _me: These, which having _been _clothed in _the robes the white, who _all they _are and from _where they _came? (REV_7:13)

OET-RV: 13 Then one of the elders asked me, “Who are those people in white robes and where have they come from?” (REV 7:13)

Rev 7:14 στολάς (stolas) AFP ‘and they washed the robes of them and they whitened’ SR GNT Rev 7:14 word 26

OET-LV: 14 And I _have _said to _him: master of _me, you you _have _known. And he _said to _me: These are the ones coming out _of the tribulation the great, and they _washed the robes of _them, and they _whitened them in the blood of _the lamb. (REV_7:14)

OET-RV: 14 “Sir, you are the one who knows,” I answered.
¶ And then he told me, “Those are the ones who’ve come through the terrible tribulation, and they’ve washed their robes in the blood of the lamb and made them white. (REV 7:14)

Rev 22:14 στολάς (stolas) AFP ‘the ones washing the robes of them in_order_that it will_be’ SR GNT Rev 22:14 word 6

OET-LV: 14 Blessed are the ones washing the robes of _them, in _order _that it _will _be the right of _them to the tree of_ the _life, and by _the gates they _may _come _in into the city. (REV_22:14)

OET-RV: 14 “Blessed are those who are washing their robes so that they’ll have authority over the tree of life (MEANING???) and so that they’ll be able to enter the city through the gates. (REV 22:14)

Lemmas with similar glosses to ‘ἐπιστολή’ (epistolē)

Have 14 uses of Greek root word (lemma) ‘gramma’ (noun) in the Greek originals

Yhn (Jhn) 5:47 γράμμασιν (grammasin) DNP ‘but in the of that one writings not you_all are believing how’ SR GNT Yhn 5:47 word 5

OET-LV: 47 But if you _all _are_ not _believing in _the writings of _that one, how ˓will˒_you _all _be _believing the in _my messages? (JHN_5:47)

OET-RV: 47 But since you don’t really believe his writings, you’re not at all likely to believe me.” (JHN 5:47)

Yhn (Jhn) 7:15 γράμματα (grammata) ANP ‘saying how this one letters has known not having learned’ SR GNT Yhn 7:15 word 9

OET-LV: 15 Therefore the Youdaiōns were _marvelling saying: How has_ this one _known letters, not having _learned? (JHN_7:15)

OET-RV: 15 Even the Jewish leaders were surprised, asking, “How can this man know so much when he hasn’t been trained as a teacher?” (JHN 7:15)

Luke 16:6 γράμματα (grammata) ANP ‘receive of you the bills and having sat_down quickly’ SR GNT Luke 16:6 word 20

OET-LV: 6 And he said: A_hundred batos/(bat)_measures of _olive _oil. And he said to _him: Receive of _you the bills and having _sat _down quickly write fifty. (LUK_16:6)

OET-RV: 6 ‘A hundred jugs of olive oil,’ he replied. ‘Well, bring the contract here and change it quickly to fifty,’ the manager said. (LUK 16:6)

Luke 16:7 γράμματα (grammata) ANP ‘receive of you the bills and write eighty’ SR GNT Luke 16:7 word 26

OET-LV: 7 Then to _another he _said: And how _much are_ you _owing? And he said: A_hundred koros/(kor)_measures of _wheat. He _is _saying to _him: Receive of _you the bills and write eighty. (LUK_16:7)

OET-RV: 7 Then he asked the next one, ‘How much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred containers of wheat,’ the man replied. ‘Get the contract form and change it to eighty,’ said the manager. (LUK 16:7)

Acts 26:24 γράμματα (grammata) NNP ‘the great you learning to madness is turning’ SR GNT Acts 26:24 word 17

OET-LV: 24 And of _him defending these things, the Faʸstos with _loud the voice is _saying: You _are _raving _mad, Paulos. The great learning is _turning you to madness. (ACT_26:24)

OET-RV: 24 Then speaking about Paul’s defence, Governor Festus said, “Paul, you’re stark, raving mad! All your education has turned you into an idiot.” (ACT 26:24)

Acts 28:21 γράμματα (grammata) ANP ‘said we neither letters concerning you received’ SR GNT Acts 28:21 word 8

OET-LV: 21 And they said to him: We neither received letters concerning you from the Youdaia, nor having _arrived anyone of _the brothers reported or spoke anything evil concerning you. (ACT_28:21)

OET-RV: 21 “We haven’t received any correspondence here about you,” they answered. “Nor have any of our brothers from Yerushalem arrived here to report any crimes of yours. (ACT 28:21)

Rom 2:27 γράμματος (grammatos) GNS ‘you who through the letter and circumcision are a transgressor’ SR GNT Rom 2:27 word 13

OET-LV: 27 And will _be _judging the by nature uncircumcision, the law finishing, you who through the_letter and circumcision are a_transgressor of _law. (ROM_2:27)

OET-RV: 27 Yes, those peoples who are not circumcised but keep the law, will be judging you who were given the law in writing and are circumcised, yet break those laws. (ROM 2:27)

Rom 2:29 γράμματι (grammati) DNS ‘by the spirit not by the letter of whom the praise’ SR GNT Rom 2:29 word 13

OET-LV: 29 but the one on the secret a_Youdaios is, and circumcision is of _heart, by the_spirit, not by_the_letter, of _whom the praise not of humans, but of the god. (ROM_2:29)

OET-RV: 29 but is a Jew even in their private life and through circumcision of their heart—by the spirit and not by the letter of the law—earning praise not from people, but from God. (ROM 2:29)

Rom 7:6 γράμματος (grammatos) GNS ‘and not in oldness of letter’ SR GNT Rom 7:6 word 20

OET-LV: 6 But right _now we _were _released from the law, having _died _off in which we _were _being _kept, so _that to _be _serving us in newness of_spirit, and not in _oldness of _letter. (ROM_7:6)

OET-RV: 6 but now that we’re released from the law which held us—released by dying to it—we can serve in new ways guided by the spirit instead of by the letter of the law. (ROM 7:6)

2 Cor 3:6 γράμματος (grammatos) GNS ‘of a new covenant not of the letter but of the spirit the’ SR GNT 2 Cor 3:6 word 10

OET-LV: 6 who also qualified us as _servants of_a_new covenant, not of_the_letter, but of_the_spirit, because/for the letter will _be _killing _off, but the spirit is _giving _life. (CO2_3:6)

OET-RV: 6 He qualified us as servants of a new agreement—not following it by the letter, but by the spirit, because following by the letter leads to death whereas following by the spirit gives life. (CO2 3:6)

2 Cor 3:6 γράμμα (gramma) NNS ‘of the spirit the for letter will_be killing_off the but’ SR GNT 2 Cor 3:6 word 15

OET-LV: 6 who also qualified us as _servants of_a_new covenant, not of_the_letter, but of_the_spirit, because/for the letter will _be _killing _off, but the spirit is _giving _life. (CO2_3:6)

2 Cor 3:7 γράμμασιν (grammasin) DNP ‘service of death in letters having_been engraved in stones was become’ SR GNT 2 Cor 3:7 word 9

OET-LV: 7 But if the service the of _death in letters having _been _engraved in _stones was _become in glory, so _as not to _be _able to _look _intently the sons of _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl) at the face of _Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh), because _of the glory of _the face of _him, which is being _nullified, (CO2_3:7)

OET-RV: 7 The system which was inscribed on stone tablets and which results in death was so incredible when it was given that the Israelis couldn’t even bring themselves to look at Mosheh’s face because it shone so brightly. But if that system is being nullified, (CO2 3:7)

Gal 6:11 γράμμασιν (grammasin) DNP ‘see in how_large to you_all letters I wrote with my own hand’ SR GNT Gal 6:11 word 5

OET-LV: 11 See in _how _large letters I _wrote to _you _all the with _my own hand. (GAL_6:11)

OET-RV: 11 Look how big these letters are when it’s my own handwriting. (GAL 6:11)

2 Tim 3:15 γράμματα (grammata) ANP ‘a baby the the sacred writings you have known being_able you’ SR GNT 2 Tim 3:15 word 7

OET-LV: 15 and that from a_baby you _have _known the the_sacred writings, which being _able to _make_ you _wise to salvation through faith which in chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous. (TI2_3:15)

OET-RV: 15 You’ve known the sacred scriptures since you were a young child, and the wisdom contained in them is able to lead you to salvation through faith in Yeshua the messiah. (TI2 3:15)

Key: N=noun AFP=accusative,feminine,plural AFS=accusative,feminine,singular ANP=accusative,neuter,plural DFP=dative,feminine,plural DFS=dative,feminine,singular DNP=dative,neuter,plural DNS=dative,neuter,singular GFP=genitive,feminine,plural GFS=genitive,feminine,singular GNS=genitive,neuter,singular NFP=nominative,feminine,plural NFS=nominative,feminine,singular NNP=nominative,neuter,plural NNS=nominative,neuter,singular