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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ἐπιστολή

Lemmaἐπιστολή
Citation formἐπιστολή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa letter, dispatch, epistle
Strong’sG1992
Transliterationepistolḗ
Definitiona written message
KJV glosses:--"epistle," letter.
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences23

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἐπιστολαὶ
noun, nominative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----NPF-) — 2 Corinthians 10:10
ἐπιστολαῖς
noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-) — 2 Peter 3:16
ἐπιστολὰς
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Acts 22:5
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Acts 9:2
ἐπιστολὴ
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 2 Corinthians 3:2
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 2 Corinthians 3:3
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 2 Corinthians 7:8
ἐπιστολή
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Colossians 4:16
ἐπιστολῇ
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — 1 Corinthians 5:9
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — 2 Corinthians 7:8
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — 2 Thessalonians 3:17
ἐπιστολήν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 15:30
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 2 Peter 3:1
ἐπιστολὴν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 23:25
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 23:33
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Romans 16:22
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 Thessalonians 5:27
ἐπιστολῆς
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — 2 Thessalonians 2:15
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — 2 Thessalonians 2:2
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — 2 Thessalonians 3:14
ἐπιστολῶν
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-) — 1 Corinthians 16:3
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-) — 2 Corinthians 10:11
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-) — 2 Corinthians 10:9
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-) — 2 Corinthians 3:1

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: επιστολη.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for ἐπιστολή with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.