| Translation | Verse | Text |
| Strong Concordance | Ezr 4:18 | The letter [05407] which ye sent [07972] unto us [05922] hath been plainly [06568] read [07123] before [06925] me. |
| Word | Easton Dictionary - Definition |
| LETTER | in Rom. 2:27, 29 means the outward form. The "oldness of the letter" (7:6) is a phrase which denotes the old way of literal outward obedience to the law as a system of mere external rules of conduct. In 2 Cor. 3:6, "the letter" means the Mosaic law as a written law. (See WRITING.) |