ἐπιστολ-ή, ἡ, (ἐπιστέλλω)

1.anything sent by a messenger, message, order, commission, whether verbal or in writing, Hdt. 4.10, Th. 8.45, etc.; ἐξ ἐπιστολῆς by command, Hdt. 6.50: used by Trag. always in pl., A. Pro 3:1-35, Pers. 783, Supp. 1012, S. Aj. 781, OC 1601, etc.; Πενθέως ἐπιστολαῖς by his commands, E. Ba. 442; τέκνων ἐπιστολὰς ἔγραψεν commands about her children, Id. Hipp. 858.

2.. letter, ἐ. διαπέμπειν, ἀποδοῦναι, Th. 1.129, 7.10; λύειν Id. 1.132; ἐ. ἔδωκεν ἀποδοῦναι Lys. 20.27; πέμπειν τινί E. IT 589 (pl.): in pl. of one letter, like γράμματα, Lat. litterae, Id. IA 111, 314, Th. 1.132, etc.; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐπιστολῶν.. τοῦ Ὄθωνος, Lat. ab epistulis Othoni, his secretary, Plu. Oth. 9; νομογραφικὴ ἐ. BGU 1135.7 (i B.C.).

ἐπιστολή epistolē 24x

    word sent; an order, command; an epistle, letter, Act 9:2; Act 15:30 epistle; letter.

G1992 — ἐπιστολή

ἐπιστολῆς, ἡ (ἐπιστέλλω), a letter, epistle: Act 15:30; Rom 16:22; 1Co 5:9, etc.; plural, Act 9:2; 2Co 10:10, etc.; ἐπιστολαί συστατικαι, letters of commendation, 2Co 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 Phi 3:1. (Euripides, Thucydides, others)).

ἐπι - στολή , - ῆς , ἡ

( < ἐπιατέλλω ),

[in LXX for H107, 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 .)

詞類次數：名詞（24）

原文字根：在上-安放 相當於：H107（אִגֶּרֶת‎）

字義溯源：書信，寫信，信，文書；源自（G1989（ἐπιστέλλω）=函告）；由（G1909（ἐπί）*=在⋯上）與（G4724（στέλλω）*=阻止，指使）組成。新約24次使用這字，和合本譯為：信，書信，文書。初期教會中，使徒常用書信的方式來指導和教導信徒

出現次數：總共（24）；徒（5）；羅（1）；林前（2）；林後（8）；西（1）；帖前（1）；帖後（4）；彼後（2）

譯字彙編：

1）書信（15）徒15:30；徒22:5；林前16:3；林後3:2；林後3:3；林後10:10；林後10:11；西4:16；帖前5:27；帖後2:2；帖後2:15；帖後3:14；帖後3:17；彼後3:1；彼後3:16；

2）信（5）羅16:22；林前5:9；林後3:1；林後7:8；林後7:8；

3）文書（3）徒9:2；徒23:25；徒23:33；

4）寫信（1）林後10:9