ἐπιστέλλωepistéllō
to enjoin (by writing), i.e. (genitive case) to communicate by letter (for any purpose)
Greek (New Testament) · G1989
Meanings
1. to send to.
2. to send a message by letter, to write word: with dative of person, Acts 21:25, Hebrews 13:22; followed by τοῦ, with infinitive, Acts 15:20.
Same root
- ἐπίepí · G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
- στέλλωstéllō · G4724properly, to set fast ("stall"), i.e. (figuratively) to repress (reflexively, abstain from associating with)
- ἐπιστολήepistolḗ · G1992a written message
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Acts 15:20 Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from eating food offered to idols, from sexual immorality, from eating the meat of strangled animals, and from consuming blood.
- Acts 21:25 “As for the Gentile believers, they should do what we already told them in a letter: They should abstain from eating food offered to idols, from consuming blood or the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
- Hebrews 13:22 I urge you, dear brothers and sisters, to pay attention to what I have written in this brief exhortation.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.