ἐπι-στολή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἐπιατέλλω), [in LXX for אִגֶּרֶת, etc; frequently in Mac;] 1) a message. 2)
a letter, an epistle: Act.9:2, 1Co.5:9, al; pl, Act.22:5, 1Co.16:3, al; ἐ. σνστατικαί, 2Co.3:1 (cf. Milligan,
NTD, 254 f.). (On the NT ἐπιστολαί, cf. Milligan,
Th., 121 ff;
NTD, 85 ff; Deiss, BS, 3 ff; St. Paul, 8 ff.) (
AS)