Greek verb · G1989
ἐπιστέλλω
epistelloep-ee-stel'-lo
to send to.; to send a message by letter, to write word
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epistéllō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1989is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1989
to enjoin (by writing), i.e. (genitive case) to communicate by letter (for any purpose)
The King James renders it: write (a letter, unto).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
epistello is rendered "to send to.; to send a message by letter, to write word". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to send to.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 15:20Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
Acts 15:20ἐπιστεῖλαι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to send to., and to send a message by letter, to write word.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to send to. | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereActs 15:20Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols… |
| to send a message by letter, to write word | Tagged as
| WhereActs 15:20Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπιστρέφω | epistrepho | to turn | Uses36 |
| ἐπιστολή | epistole | epistle | Uses24 |
| ἐπίσταμαι | epistamai | to know/understand | Uses14 |
| ἐπισκέπτομαι | episkeptomai | to visit/care for | Uses11 |
| ἐπισυνάγω | episynago | to gather | Uses8 |
| ἐπιστάτης | epistates | master | Uses7 |
| ἐπισκιάζω | episkiazo | to overshadow | Uses5 |
| ἐπίσκοπος | episkopos | overseer | Uses5 |
| ἐπισκοπή | episkope | oversight | Uses4 |
| ἐπιστηρίζω | episterizo | to strengthen | Uses4 |
| ἐπίσημος | episemos | notable | Uses2 |
| ἐπισκοπέω | episkopeo | to oversee/care for | Uses2 |
and 12 more on the stem.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐπέστειλα1
- ἐπεστείλαμεν1
- ἐπιστεῖλαι1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-AAI-1P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-AAI-1S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
Acts
two uses
Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
- ἐπιστεῖλαιepisteilaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to write
As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
- ἐπεστείλαμενepesteilamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: wrote to
Hebrews
one use
I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.
- ἐπέστειλαepesteilaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have written
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.