ἈΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ, ἀποστολος
APOSTOLOS, apostolos
Sounds Like: ah-po-STOH-los
Translations: apostle, a messenger, an envoy, a delegate
From the root: ἈΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to someone who is sent out with a specific mission or message, acting as a representative or delegate. In a Christian context, it often refers to one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, or other early Christian leaders who were commissioned to spread the gospel. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ἀπό (apo), meaning 'from' or 'away from', and the verb στέλλω (stellō), meaning 'to send'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0652 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 3:3
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 63:1
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 12:5
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- John — 13:16
- Romans — 1:1, 11:13
- 1 Corinthians — 1:1, 9:1, 9:2, 15:9
- 2 Corinthians — 1:1
- Galatians — 1:1
- Ephesians — 1:1
- Colossians — 1:1
- 1 Timothy — 1:1, 2:7
- 2 Timothy — 1:1, 1:11
- Titus — 1:1
- 1 Peter — 1:1
- 2 Peter — 1:1
Twelve Disciples
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
- ἈΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΙ — apostles, messengers, delegates
- 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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