verb

Greekἐπιστέλλω (epistellō)

Biblang

epistelamō

Strong’sG1989

I write, send by letter to.

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

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

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.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἐπιστέλλω,
send to, γράψας ἐς βυβλίον τάδε ἐπέστειλε ἐς Σάμον Refs 5th c.BC+; send a message, τάδε Refs 5th c.BC+; especially by letter, write word, τοιαῦτα Refs 5th c.BC+; περί τινος ὡς ἀδικοῦντος Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ ἐπισταλέντα ἐκ τῆς Σάμου the news received from Samos,Refs 1st c.AD+
2. enjoin, command, τισί τι Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸν ἄγγελον ἐπιστείλας ταῦτα ἔπεμψε Refs 5th c.BC+: c.infinitive, ἐ. τινὶ ἀπίστασθαι Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ Κῦρος αὐτῷ ἐπέστελλε πρὸς Πέρσας λέγειν Refs 5th c.BC+; also ἐ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι Refs 5th c.BC+: without any case, give orders to do, Refs 5th c.BC+; give orders in writing, Refs 4th c.BC+ — passive, ἔφη οὐδέν οἱ ἐπεστάλθαι ἄλλο ἢ ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι he had received orders to.., Refs 5th c.BC+; αἷς ἐπέσταλται τέλος to whom the office has been committed, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀξιῶ ἐπισταλῆναί τισι c.infinitive, Refs 2nd c.AD+ having received these instructions, Refs 5th c.BC+: in later writers, usually of orders given in writing, NT+2nd c.AD+, etc.; of orders for payment, Refs 2nd c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

write1×written1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
epistelamaἐπέστειλα	happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular	written	1×
epistelaraἐπιστεῖλαι	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	epistelamō	epistelame	epistelami	epistelama1×ἐπέστειλα	epistelamē	epistelamelē
you 2nd person singular	epistelasō	epistelase	epistelasi	epistelasa	epistelasē	epistelaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epistelatō	epistelate	epistelati	epistelata	epistelatē	epistelatelē
we 1st person plural	epistelanō	epistelane	epistelani	epistelana	epistelanē	epistelanelē
ye 2nd person plural	epistelavō	epistelave	epistelavi	epistelava	epistelavē	epistelavelē
they 3rd person plural	epistelalō	epistelale	epistelali	epistelala	epistelalē	epistelalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	epistelameiō	epistelameia	epistelameiē
you 2nd person singular	epistelaseiō	epistelaseia	epistelaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epistelateiō	epistelateia	epistelateiē
we 1st person plural	epistelaneiō	epistelaneia	epistelaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	epistelaveiō	epistelaveia	epistelaveiē
they 3rd person plural	epistelaleiō	epistelaleia	epistelaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	epistelasōr	epistelasar	epistelasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epistelatōr	epistelatar	epistelatēr
ye 2nd person plural	epistelavōr	epistelavar	epistelavēr
they 3rd person plural	epistelalōr	epistelalar	epistelalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	epistelamoiō	epistelamoia
you 2nd person singular	epistelasoiō	epistelasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epistelatoiō	epistelatoia
we 1st person plural	epistelanoiō	epistelanoia
ye 2nd person plural	epistelavoiō	epistelavoia
they 3rd person plural	epistelaloiō	epistelaloia

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	epistelarō	epistelari	epistelara1×ἐπιστεῖλαι	epistelarē

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	epistelarōntos	epistelarintos	epistelarantos	epistelarēntos

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

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

epistel 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

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

Hebrews 13:22… tau paraklēsiau, kai gar dia brachuoiu epistelama vi.… of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.

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

Acts 15:20alla epistelara autoi teu apechorō teiu alisgēmeiu teiu …Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from …