ἈΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΙ, ἀποστολοι
APOSTOLOI, apostoloi
Sounds Like: ah-po-STO-loy
Translations: apostles, messengers, delegates
From the root: ἈΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to those who are sent out with a specific commission or message, acting as representatives or delegates. In a Christian context, it most commonly refers to the twelve disciples chosen by Jesus, or to other early Christian leaders who were sent to preach the Gospel.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0652 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 4:3
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 9:1
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 13:2
Justin Martyr
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 12:9
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 14:2
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 3 — 5:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Mark — 6:30
- Luke — 9:10, 17:5, 22:14
- Acts — 4:33, 5:29, 8:14, 11:1, 14:14, 15:6, 15:23
- 1 Corinthians — 9:5, 12:29
- 2 Corinthians — 8:23
- 1 Thessalonians — 2:6
- Revelation — 18:20
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΠΟΣΟΛΟΙ — apostles, envoys, messengers
- ἈΠΟΣΤΟΛΙΔΟΣ — apostolic, of an apostle, of the apostles
- ἈΠΟΣΤΟΛΙΚΟΣ — apostolic, pertaining to an apostle
- ἈΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ — apostle, a messenger, an envoy, a delegate
- ἈΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ — of an apostle, of a messenger, of an envoy
- ἈΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥΣ — apostles, messengers, envoys
- ἈΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ — of apostles, apostles
- ἈΠΟΤΟΛΟΙ — apostles, an apostle
- ΟἈΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ — the apostle, an apostle, apostle
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