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G1992

ἐπιστολή

epistolēG:N-F

epistle

ἐπι-στολή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἐπιατέλλω), [in LXX for אִגֶּרֶת, etc.; frequently 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.) (AS)

The KJV translates G1992 in the following manner:

epistle (26x), letters (12x), letter (6x), epistles (4x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ἐπιστολή — epistolḗ

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 Php 3:1. (Euripides, Thucydides, others)).

23 occurrences

Acts (5), Romans (1), I Corinthians (2), II Corinthians (7), Colossians (1), I Thessalonians (1), II Thessalonians (4), II Peter (2)