Lexicon epistelló: to send a message (by letter) Original Word: ἐπιστέλλωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epistelló Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-stel'-lo) Short Definition: I write, send by letter to. Definition: I write, send by letter to. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom epi and stellóDefinitionto send a message (by letter) NASB Translationwrite (1), written (1), wrote (1).
Thayer's 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.
Strong's 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 |
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