ἀποστολή
apostolḗ · G651 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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apostleship, to be an apostle, to be a special messenger
The role of one who has been commissioned and sent as a special messenger
ExamplesActs 1:25 to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”
Romans 1:5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles in behalf of His name,
1 Corinthians 9:2 If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- περιτομήcircumcision 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- παραβαίνωto disobey 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λαμβάνωto receive, to take 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- σφραγίςseal, signet 1
- τόποςplace 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- מִשְׁלַחַת mishlachath · H4917 · discharge, deputation, company
- Hebrew מִשְׁלַחַת (mishlaḥat) denotes the concrete act of sending or discharge, while Greek ἀποστολή (apostolē) emphasizes the commissioned nature of the sending, particularly in contexts of authoritative delegation or apostolic office; both share the root semantic field of missional sending.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Apostleship, to be an apostle, to be a special messenger53.73
- In Romans 1:5, Paul writes that “through whom we have received grace and apostleship (apostolḗn) to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles,” naming the office and commission he had been given.
Word family 16 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀποστολῆς, ἡ (ἀποστέλλω); 1. a sending away: Τιμολεοντος εἰς Σικελιαν, Plutarch, Timol.…
1. a sending away: Τιμολεοντος εἰς Σικελιαν, Plutarch, Timol. 1, etc.; of the sending off of a fleet, Thucydides 8, 9; also of consuls with an army, i. e. of an expedition, Polybius 26, 7, 1.
2. a sending away i. e. dismission, release: the Sept. Eccl 8:8.
3. a thing sent, esp of gifts: 1 Kgs 9:16 (Alex.); 1 Macc. 2:18 etc. cf. Grimm at the passage
4. in the N. T. the office and dignity of the apostles of Christ (Vulg.apostolatus), apostolate, apostleship: Acts 1:25; Rom 1:5; 1 Cor 9:2; Gal 2:8.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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