ἀπόστολος
Transliteration
apostolos (Key)
Pronunciation
ap-os'-tol-os
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἀποστέλλω (G649)
mGNT
80x in 7 unique form(s) TR
81x in 7 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
ἀπόστολοι — 16x
ἀποστόλοις — 6x
ἀπόστολον — 2x
ἀπόστολος — 18x
ἀποστόλου — 1x
ἀποστόλους — 16x
ἀποστόλων — 22x
ἀπόστολοι — 16x
ἀποστόλοις — 6x
ἀπόστολον — 2x
ἀπόστολος — 18x
ἀποστόλου — 1x
ἀποστόλους — 15x
ἀποστόλων — 22x
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:407,67

Strong’s Definitions

ἀπόστολος apóstolos, ap-os'-tol-os; from G649; a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ ("apostle") (with miraculous powers):—apostle, messenger, he that is sent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 81x

The KJV translates Strong's G652 in the following manner: apostle (78x), messenger (2x), he that is sent (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 81x
The KJV translates Strong's G652 in the following manner: apostle (78x), messenger (2x), he that is sent (1x).

  1. a delegate, messenger, one sent forth with orders

    1. specifically applied to the twelve apostles of Christ

    2. in a broader sense applied to other eminent Christian teachers

      1. of Barnabas

      2. of Timothy and Silvanus

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀπόστολος apóstolos, ap-os'-tol-os; from G649; a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ ("apostle") (with miraculous powers):—apostle, messenger, he that is sent.
STRONGS G652:
ἀπόστολος, -ου, ὁ;
1. a delegate, messenger, one sent forth with orders (Herodotus 1, 21; 5, 38; for שָׁלוּחַ in 1 Kings 14:6 [Alex.]; rabbinical שְׁלִיחַ): John 13:16 (where ὁ ἀπόστ. and ὁ πέμψας αὐτόν are contrasted); followed by a genitive, as τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν, 2 Corinthians 8:23; Philippians 2:25; ἀπόστ. τῆς ὁμολογίας ἡμῶν the apostle whom we confess, of Christ, God's chief messenger, who has brought the κλῆσις ἐπουράνιος, as compared with Moses, whom the Jews confess, Hebrews 3:1.
2. Specially applied to the twelve disciples whom Christ selected, out of the multitude of his adherents, to be his constant companions and the heralds to proclaim to men the kingdom of God: Matthew 10:1-4; Luke 6:13; Acts 1:26; Revelation 21:14, and often, but nowhere in the Gospel and Epistles of John; ["the word ἀπόστολος occurs 79 times in the N. T., and of these 68 instances are in St. Luke and St. Paul." Bp. Lightfoot]. With these apostles Paul claimed equality, because through a heavenly intervention he had been appointed by the ascended Christ himself to preach the gospel among the Gentiles, and owed his knowledge of the way of salvation not to man's instruction but to direct revelation from Christ himself, and moreover had evinced his apostolic qualifications by many signal proofs: Galatians 1:1, 11; Galatians 2:8; 1 Corinthians 1:17; 1 Corinthians 9:1; 1 Corinthians 15:8-10; 2 Corinthians 3:2ff; 12:12; 1 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:11, cf. Acts 26:12-20. According to Paul, apostles surpassed as well the various other orders of Christian teachers (cf. διδάσκαλος, εὐαγγελιστής, προφήτης), as also the rest of those on whom the special gifts (cf. χάρισμα) of the Holy Spirit had been bestowed, by receiving a richer and more copious conferment of the Spirit: 1 Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 4:11. Certain false teachers are rated sharply for arrogating to themselves the name and authority of apostles of Christ: 2 Corinthians 11:5, 13; Revelation 2:2.
3. In a broader sense the name is transferred to other eminent Christian teachers; as Barnabas, Acts 14:14, and perhaps also Timothy and Silvanus, 1 Thessalonians 2:7 (1 Thessalonians 2:6), cf. too Romans 16:7 (?). But in Luke 11:49; Ephesians 3:5; Revelation 18:20, 'apostles' is to be taken in the narrower sense.
[On the application of the term see especially Bp. Lightfoot on Galatians, pp. 92-101; Harnack, on 'Teaching' etc. 11, 3; cf. BB. DD. under the word]
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References

1 Kings
1 Kings 14:6
Matthew
Matthew 10:1; Matthew 10:2; Matthew 10:3; Matthew 10:4
Luke
Luke 6:13; Luke 11:49
John
John 13:16
Acts
Acts 1:26; Acts 14:14; Acts 26:12; Acts 26:13; Acts 26:14; Acts 26:15; Acts 26:16; Acts 26:17; Acts 26:18; Acts 26:19; Acts 26:20
Romans
Romans 16:7
1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 1:17; 1 Corinthians 9:1; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 15:8; 1 Corinthians 15:9; 1 Corinthians 15:10
2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 3:2; 2 Corinthians 8:23; 2 Corinthians 11:5; 2 Corinthians 11:13; 2 Corinthians 12:12
Galatians
Galatians 1:1; Galatians 1:11; Galatians 2:8
Ephesians
Ephesians 3:5; Ephesians 4:11
Philippians
Philippians 2:25
1 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 2:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:7
1 Timothy
1 Timothy 2:7
2 Timothy
2 Timothy 1:11
Hebrews
Hebrews 3:1
Revelation
Revelation 2:2; Revelation 18:20; Revelation 21:14
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