Senses
1. letter, epistle — A written communication or document sent to one or more recipients; encompasses both singular (letter) and plural (letters) forms across all grammatical cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative). Multilingual translations confirm a single unified meaning: spa carta/cartas, arb الرِّسالَةِ/رَسائِلَ (al-risala/rasa'il), kor 편지/편지들 (pyeonji/pyeonjideul), swa barua, hin पत्र/पत्रों (patra/patron). The plural cluster S67857 is purely a number-inflection variant of the singular S67856, with no semantic distinction across any target language. 24×
AR["الرَّسائِلُ","الرَّسائِلِ","الرِّسالَةُ","الرِّسالَةِ","الرِّسَالَةَ","رَسائِلَ","رَسَائِلَ","رِسالَةٍ","رِسالَةَ","رِسالَةُ","رِسالَةُ-تِلكَ","رِسالَةِ","رِسالَتُنا","رِسَالَةً","رِسَالَةِ،"]·ben["চিঠি","চিঠিতে,","চিঠির","পত্র","পত্রগুলি","পত্রগুলির","পত্রগুলির।","পত্রসমূহ","পত্রে,","পত্রের","পত্রের,"]·DE["Brief","ἐπιστολήν","ἐπιστολὰς","ἐπιστολὴν"]·EN["a-letter","letter","letters"]·FR["Brief","épître"]·heb["אִגְָּרוֹת","אִגְּרוֹת","אִגֶּרֶת","הָאִגֶּרֶת"]·HI["पत्र","पत्र-को","पत्रको","पत्रियाँ","पत्री","पत्रों-की","पत्रों-के"]·ID["surat","surat,","surat-ini,","surat-surat","surat-surat,"]·IT["epistolē","epistolēn","epistolēs","lettera"]·jav["-serat-serat","layang","layang,","serat","serat,","serat-serat"]·KO["서신-을","서신들","편지","편지가","편지들-을","편지들에서","편지들은","편지들을","편지로","편지를","편지이다"]·PT["carta","carta,","carta.","cartas","epístola"]·RU["-Господе","Письма","писем","письма","письмо","письмом","послание","послании,"]·ES["carta","cartas","epístola"]·SW["barua","barua,","barua."]·TR["mektubu","mektup","mektuplar","mektuplarla","mektupları","mektupların","o-","siz"]·urd["خط","خط-کے","خطوط","خطوں","خطوں-کے"]
Acts 9:2, Acts 15:30, Acts 22:5, Acts 23:25, Acts 23:33, Rom 16:22, 1 Cor 5:9, 1 Cor 16:3, 2 Cor 3:1, 2 Cor 3:2, 2 Cor 3:3, 2 Cor 7:8 (+12 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἐπιστολ-ή, ἡ, (ἐπιστέλλω) anything sent by a messenger, message, order, commission, whether verbal or in writing, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐξ ἐπιστολῆς by command, Refs 5th c.BC+: used by Trag. always in plural, Refs 5th c.BC+; Πενθέως ἐπιστολαῖς by his commands, Refs 5th c.BC+; τέκνων ἐπιστολὰς ἔγραψεν commands about her children, Refs __2. letter, ἐ. διαπέμπειν, ἀποδοῦναι, Refs 5th c.BC+; πέμπειν τινί…