verb

epistellamō

Greekἐπιστέλλω (epistellō)

Strong’sG1989

I write, send by letter to.

stem epistell-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur

Translated as

write1×written1×

What it means

ἐπι-στέλλω

[in LXX: III Ki 5:8(22) Ne 6:19 (שָׁלַח), Jth 15:4, I Mac 10:25 12:7 13:18 (in each case with v.l. ἀποσ-) *;]

1. to send to.

2. to send a message by letter, to write word (MM, Exp., xiv): c. dat. pers., Ac 21:25, He 13:22; seq. τοῦ, c. inf., Ac 15:20.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1989 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ee-stel'-lo

to enjoin (by writing), i.e. (genitive case) to communicate by letter (for any purpose)

Fromfrom G1909 and G4724;

King Jameswrite (a letter, unto).

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
epistellamaἐπέστειλα	happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular	written	1×
epistellaraἐπιστεῖλαι	happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive	write	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	epistellamō	epistellame	epistellami	epistellama1×ἐπέστειλα	epistellamē	epistellamelē
you 2nd person singular	epistellasō	epistellase	epistellasi	epistellasa	epistellasē	epistellaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epistellatō	epistellate	epistellati	epistellata	epistellatē	epistellatelē
we 1st person plural	epistellanō	epistellane	epistellani	epistellana	epistellanē	epistellanelē
ye 2nd person plural	epistellavō	epistellave	epistellavi	epistellava	epistellavē	epistellavelē
they 3rd person plural	epistellalō	epistellale	epistellali	epistellala	epistellalē	epistellalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	epistellameiō	epistellameia	epistellameiē
you 2nd person singular	epistellaseiō	epistellaseia	epistellaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epistellateiō	epistellateia	epistellateiē
we 1st person plural	epistellaneiō	epistellaneia	epistellaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	epistellaveiō	epistellaveia	epistellaveiē
they 3rd person plural	epistellaleiō	epistellaleia	epistellaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	epistellasōr	epistellasar	epistellasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epistellatōr	epistellatar	epistellatēr
ye 2nd person plural	epistellavōr	epistellavar	epistellavēr
they 3rd person plural	epistellalōr	epistellalar	epistellalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	epistellamoiō	epistellamoia
you 2nd person singular	epistellasoiō	epistellasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epistellatoiō	epistellatoia
we 1st person plural	epistellanoiō	epistellanoia
ye 2nd person plural	epistellavoiō	epistellavoia
they 3rd person plural	epistellaloiō	epistellaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	epistellarō	epistellari	epistellara1×ἐπιστεῖλαι	epistellarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	epistellarōtos	epistellaritos	epistellaratos	epistellarētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

epistellstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

epistell is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

epistellama“written”happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular1×

Hebrews 13:22“written”Parakalamō de vin, adelfoir, anechevōr tou logou tau paraklēsiau, kai gar dia brachuoiu epistellama vi.I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.

epistellara“write”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×

Acts 15:20“write”alla epistellara autoi teu apecherō teiu alisgēmeiu teiu eidōleiu kai tau porneiau kai teu pnikteu kai teu haimeu;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.