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epistle

Meaning of “epistle”

A written letter or message.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
14 occurrences13 verses8 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Acts 15:30

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Acts 15:30
So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 15:30 · retained source text

So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they deliuered the Epistle.

Acts 23:33
Who, when they came to Cæsarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 23:33 · retained source text

Who when they came to Cesarea, and deliuered the Epistle to the gouernour, presented Paul also before him.

Romans 16:22
I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 16:22 · retained source text

I Tertius who wrote this Epistle, salute you in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 3:3
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 3:3 · retained source text

Forasmuch as yee are manifestly declared to be the Epistle of Christ ministred by vs, written not with inke, but with the spirit of the liuing God, not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

2 Corinthians 7:8
For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 7:8 · retained source text

For though I made you sory with a letter, I doe not repent, though I did repent: For I perceiue that the same Epistle hath made you sory, thogh it were but for a season.

Colossians 4:16
And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Colossians 4:16 · retained source text

And when this Epistle is read amongst you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans: and that ye likewise reade the Epistle from Laodicea,

1 Thessalonians 5:27
I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Thessalonians 5:27 · retained source text

I charge you by the Lord, that this Epistle bee read vnto all the holy brethren.

1611 marginal noteOr, adiure.

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A writing directed or sent to another person; a letter, especially a formal letter or one of the apostolic letters.

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