Definition

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

Etymology

from G1909 (ἐπί) and G4724 (στέλλω);

Where the KJV renders it

• write (a letter
• unto)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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