ἀπόστολος, -ου, ὁ (ἀοστέλλω), [in LXX; 3Ki.14:6 A (שָׁלַח) * ;] 1. a fleet, an expedition (Dem.). 2. a messenger, one sent on a mission (Hdt., LXX, l.with, and π.; see M, Pr., 37 f.; MM, see word; M, Th., i, 2:7 and reff.): Jhn.13:16, 2Co.8:23 Php.2:25. 3. In NT, an Apostle of Christ (a) with special ref. to the Twelve: Mat.10:2, Mrk.3:14, Luk.11:49, Eph.3:5, Rev.18:20, al., equality with whom is claimed by St. Paul, Gal.1:1, 11 ff, 1Ti.2:7, a1.; (b) in a wider sense of prominent Christian teachers, as Barnabas, Act.14:14, apparently also Silvanus and Timothy, 1Th.2:6, and perhaps Andronicus and Junias (Junia?), Rom.16:7 (see ICC, in l); of false teachers, claiming apostleship: 2Co.11:5 11:13, Rev.2:2. (On the different uses of the term in NT, see Lit., Gal., 92-101; Cremer, 530; DB, i, 126; DCG, i, 105; Enc. Br., ii, 196 ff.) (AS)
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G652 — ἀπόστολος
apostolos · apostle · Greek
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Matthew 10:2 · ἀποστόλωνAnd of the twelve apostles the names are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James of Zebedee, and John his brother;Mark 6:30 · ἀπόστολοιAnd the apostles are gathered together unto Jesus, and they told him all, and how many things they did, and how many things they taught,Luke 6:13 · ἀποστόλουςand when it became day, he called near his disciples, and having chosen from them twelve, whom also he named apostles,Luke 9:10 · ἀπόστολοιAnd the apostles having turned back, declared to him how great things they did, and having taken them, he withdrew by himself to a desert place of a city called Bethsaida,Luke 11:49 · ἀποστόλους.because of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,Luke 17:5 · ἀπόστολοιAnd the apostles said to the Lord, ‘Add to us faith;’Luke 22:14 · ἀπόστολοιAnd when the hour come, he reclined (at meat), and the twelve apostles with him,Luke 24:10 · ἀποστόλουςAnd it was the Magdalene Mary, and Joanna, and Mary of James, and the other women with them, who told unto the apostles these things,John 13:16 · ἀπόστολοςverily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him;Acts 1:2 · ἀποστόλοιςtill the day in which, having given command, through the Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom he did choose out, he was taken up,Acts 1:26 · ἀποστόλων.¶and they gave their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.Acts 2:37 · ἀποστόλους·And having heard, they were pricked to the heart; they say also to Peter, and to the rest of the apostles, ‘What shall we do, men, brethren?’Acts 2:42 · ἀποστόλωνand they were continuing stedfastly in the teaching of the apostles, and the fellowship, and the breaking of the bread, and the prayers.Acts 2:43 · ἀποστόλωνAnd fear came on every soul, many wonders also and signs were being done through the apostles,Acts 4:33 · ἀπόστολοιAnd with great power were the apostles giving the testimony to the rising again of the Lord Jesus, great grace also was on them all,Acts 4:35 · ἀποστόλων,and were laying them at the feet of the apostles, and distribution was being made to each according as any one had need.Acts 4:36 · ἀποστόλωνAnd Joses, who was surnamed by the apostles Barnabas—which is, having been interpreted, Son of Comfort—a Levite, of Cyprus by birth,Acts 4:37 · ἀποστόλων.¶a field being his, having sold it, brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles.Acts 5:2 · ἀποστόλωνand did keep back of the price—his wife also knowing—and having brought a certain part, at the feet of the apostles he laid it.Acts 5:12 · ἀποστόλωνAnd through the hands of the apostles came many signs and wonders among the people, and they were with one accord all in the porch of Solomon;Acts 5:18 · ἀποστόλουςand laid their hands upon the apostles, and did put them in a public prison;Acts 5:29 · ἀπόστολοιAnd Peter and the apostles answering, said, ‘To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;Acts 5:40 · ἀποστόλουςAnd to him they agreed, and having called near the apostles, having beaten them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go;Acts 6:6 · ἀποστόλων,whom they did set before the apostles, and they, having prayed, laid on them their hands.Acts 8:1 · ἀποστόλων.¶And Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution upon the assembly in Jerusalem, all also were scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles;Acts 8:14 · ἀπόστολοιAnd the apostles in Jerusalem having heard that Samaria hath received the word of God, did send unto them Peter and John,Acts 8:18 · ἀποστόλωνAnd Simon, having beheld that through the laying on of the hands of the apostles, the Holy Spirit is given, brought before them money,Acts 9:27 · ἀποστόλουςand Barnabas having taken him, brought him unto the apostles, and did declare to them how in the way he saw the Lord, and that he spake to him, and how in Damascus he was speaking boldly in the name of Jesus.Acts 11:1 · ἀπόστολοιAnd the apostles and the brethren who are in Judea heard that also the nations did receive the word of God,Acts 14:4 · ἀποστόλοις.And the multitude of the city was divided, and some were with the Jews, and some with the apostles,Acts 14:14 · ἀπόστολοιand having heard, the apostles Barnabas and Paul, having rent their garments, did spring into the multitude, cryingActs 15:2 · ἀποστόλουςthere having been, therefore, not a little dissension and disputation to Paul and Barnabas with them, they arranged for Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of them, to go up unto the apostles and elders to Jerusalem about this question,Acts 15:4 · ἀποστόλωνAnd having come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly, and the apostles, and the elders, they declared also as many things as God did with them;Acts 15:6 · ἀπόστολοιAnd there were gathered together the apostles and the elders, to see about this matter,Acts 15:22 · ἀποστόλοιςThen it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, chosen men out of themselves to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas—Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren—Acts 15:23 · ἀπόστολοιhaving written through their hand thus: ‘The apostles, and the elders, and the brethren, to those in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia, brethren, who are of the nations, greeting;Acts 16:4 · ἀποστόλωνAnd as they were going on through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep, that have been judged by the apostles and the elders who are in Jerusalem,Romans 1:1 · ἀπόστολοςPaul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God—Romans 11:13 · ἀπόστολος,For to you I speak—to the nations—inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, my ministration I do glorify;Romans 16:7 · ἀποστόλοις,salute Andronicus and Junias, my kindred, and my fellow-captives, who are of note among the apostles, who also have been in Christ before me.1 Corinthians 1:1 · ἀπόστολοςPaul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother,1 Corinthians 4:9 · ἀποστόλουςfor I think that God did set forth us the apostles last—as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men;1 Corinthians 9:1 · ἀπόστολος;Am not I an apostle? am not I free? Jesus Christ our Lord have I not seen? my work are not ye in the Lord?1 Corinthians 9:2 · ἀπόστολος,if to others I am not an apostle—yet doubtless to you I am; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.1 Corinthians 9:5 · ἀπόστολοιhave we not authority a sister—a wife—to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?1 Corinthians 12:28 · ἀποστόλους,And some, indeed, did God set in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, afterwards powers, afterwards gifts of healings, helpings, governings, divers kinds of tongues;1 Corinthians 12:29 · ἀπόστολοι;are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all powers?1 Corinthians 15:7 · ἀποστόλοιςafterwards he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.1 Corinthians 15:9 · ἀποστόλων · ἀπόστολος,for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God,2 Corinthians 1:1 · ἀπόστολοςPaul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:2 Corinthians 8:23 · ἀπόστολοιwhether—about Titus—my partner and towards you fellow-worker, whether—our brethren, apostles of assemblies—glory of Christ;2 Corinthians 11:5 · ἀποστόλων.for I reckon that I have been nothing behind the very chiefest apostles,2 Corinthians 11:13 · ἀποστόλουςfor those such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ,2 Corinthians 12:11 · ἀποστόλων,I have become a fool—boasting; ye—ye did compel me; for I ought by you to have been commended, for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles—even if I am nothing.2 Corinthians 12:12 · ἀποστόλουThe signs, indeed, of the apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds,Galatians 1:1 · ἀπόστολοςPaul, an apostle—not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who did raise him out of the dead—Galatians 1:17 · ἀποστόλους,nor did I go up to Jerusalem unto those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia, and again returned to Damascus,Galatians 1:19 · ἀποστόλωνand other of the apostles I did not see, except James, the brother of the Lord.Ephesians 1:1 · ἀπόστολοςPaul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:Ephesians 2:20 · ἀποστόλωνbeing built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner -stone,Ephesians 3:5 · ἀποστόλοιςwhich in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit—Ephesians 4:11 · ἀποστόλους,and He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as proclaimers of good news, and some as shepherds and teachers,Philippians 2:25 · ἀπόστολονAnd I thought it necessary Epaphroditus—my brother, and fellow-workman, and fellow-soldier, and your apostle and servant to my need—to send unto you,Colossians 1:1 · ἀπόστολοςPaul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother,1 Thessalonians 2:7 · ἀπόστολοι·But we became gentle in your midst, as a nurse may cherish her own children,1 Timothy 1:1 · ἀπόστολοςPaul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to a command of God our Saviour, and of the Lord Jesus Christ our hope,1 Timothy 2:7 · ἀπόστολος,in regard to which I was set a preacher and apostle—truth I say in Christ, I do not lie—a teacher of nations, in faith and truth.2 Timothy 1:1 · ἀπόστολοςPaul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, according to a promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,2 Timothy 1:11 · ἀπόστολοςto which I was placed a preacher and an apostle, and a teacher of nations,Titus 1:1 · ἀπόστολοςPaul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the choice ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that is according to piety,Hebrews 3:1 · ἀπόστολονWherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the apostle and chief priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,1 Peter 1:1 · ἀπόστολοςPeter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the choice sojourners of the dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,2 Peter 1:1 · ἀπόστολοςSimeon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who did obtain a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:2 Peter 3:2 · ἀποστόλωνto be mindful of the sayings said before by the holy prophets, and of the command of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour,Jude 1:17 · ἀποστόλωνand ye, beloved, remember ye the sayings spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:Revelation 2:2 · ἀποστόλουςI have known thy works, and thy labour, and thy endurance, and that thou art not able to bear evil ones, and that thou hast tried those saying themselves to be apostles and are not, and hast found them liars,Revelation 18:20 · ἀπόστολοι‘Be glad over her, O heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets, because God did judge your judgment of her!’Revelation 21:14 · ἀποστόλωνand the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.