6 occurrences

'Letters' in the Bible

He sent letters to all the provinces of the king, written in the script of that province, and to each people in their own language, ordering that every man should be the master in his house and speak the language of his own people.

Verse ConceptsLanguages ConfusedAuthority Of PeopleAlphabet

Letters were sent by couriers to all of the king's provinces to annihilate, to kill, and to destroy all the Jewish people, both young and old, women and children, and to confiscate their goods on a single day the thirteenth day of the twelfth month of Adar.

Verse ConceptsMonth 12Killing Israelites

She said, "If it pleases the king, and if I've found favor with him, and if the matter is proper in the king's opinion, and if I'm pleasing to the king, let an order be issued revoking the letters devised by Hammedatha the Agagite's son Haman, which ordered the destruction of the Jewish people throughout the king's provinces.

Verse ConceptsKilling Israelites

He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king's signet ring. He sent the letters by couriers on horseback, riding steeds especially bred for the king.

Verse ConceptsMulesSealing The MessageRiding Horses

Mordecai wrote these instructions and sent letters to all the Jewish people in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,

Letters containing wishes for peace and stability were sent to all the Jewish people, to the 127 provinces of Ahasuerus' kingdom,

Verse ConceptsA Hundred And Some

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Letter (103 instances)
Literature (3 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
γράμμα 
Gramma 
Usage: 12

ἐπιστέλλω 
Epistello 
Usage: 3

ἐπιστολή 
Epistole 
Usage: 24

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