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Lexicon :: Strong's G652 - apostolos

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ἀπόστολος
Transliteration
apostolos (Key)
Pronunciation
ap-os'-tol-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G652 matches the Greek ἀπόστολος (apostolos),
which occurs 81 times in 80 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 10:2–1Co 15:7)

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:2 - Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:30 - And the apostles are gathered together to Jesus. And they related to him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:13 - And when it was day he called his disciples, and having chosen out twelve from them, whom also he named apostles:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10 - And the apostles having returned related to him whatever they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart into a desert place of a city called Bethsaida.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:49 - For this reason also the wisdom of God has said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and of these shall they kill and drive out by persecution,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:5 - And the apostles said to the Lord, Give more faith to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:14 - And when the hour was come, he placed himself at table, and the twelve apostles with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:10 - Now it was Mary of Magdala, and Johanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the others with them, who told these things to the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:16 - Verily, verily, I say to you, The bondman is not greater than his lord, nor the sent greater than he who has sent him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:2 - until that day in which, having by the Holy Spirit charged the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:26 - And they gave lots on them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:37 - And having heard it they were pricked in heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, What shall we do, brethren?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:42 - And they persevered in the teaching and fellowship of the apostles, in breaking of bread and prayers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:43 - And fear was upon every soul, and many wonders and signs took place through the apostles' means.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:33 - and with great power did the apostles give witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:35 - and laid it at the feet of the apostles; and distribution was made to each according as any one might have need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:36 - And Joseph, who had been surnamed Barnabas by the apostles (which is, being interpreted, Son of consolation), a Levite, Cyprian by birth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:37 - being possessed of land, having sold it, brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:2 - and put aside for himself part of the price, his wife also being privy to it; and having brought a certain part, laid it at the feet of the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:12 - And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders done among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:18 - and laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:29 - But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:34 - But a certain man, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, held in honour of all the people, rose up in the council, and commanded to put the men out for a short while,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:40 - And they listened to his advice; and having called the apostles, they beat them, and enjoined them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:6 - whom they set before the apostles; and, having prayed, they laid their hands on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:1 - And Saul was consenting to his being killed. And on that day there arose a great persecution against the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and all were scattered into the countries of Judaea and Samaria except the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:14 - And the apostles who were in Jerusalem, having heard that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:18 - But Simon, having seen that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the Holy Spirit was given, offered them money,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:27 - But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 - And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:4 - And the multitude of the city was divided, and some were with the Jews and some with the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:14 - But the apostles Barnabas and Paul, having heard it, rent their garments, and rushed out to the crowd, crying

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:2 - A commotion therefore having taken place, and no small discussion on the part of Paul and Barnabas against them, they arranged that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others from amongst them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:4 - And being arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly, and the apostles, and the elders, and related all that God had wrought with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:6 - And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:22 - Then it seemed good to the apostles and to the elders, with the whole assembly, to send chosen men from among them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch, Judas called Barsabas and Silas, leading men among the brethren,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:23 - having by their hand written thus: The apostles, and the elders, and the brethren, to the brethren who are from among the nations at Antioch, and in Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:33 - And having passed some time there, they were let go in peace from the brethren to those who sent them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:4 - And as they passed through the cities they instructed them to observe the decrees determined on by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:1 - Paul, bondman of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, separated to God's glad tidings,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:13 - For I speak to you, the nations, inasmuch as *I* am apostle of nations, I glorify my ministry;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:7 - Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and fellow-captives, who are of note among the apostles; who were also in Christ before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:1 - Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, by God's will, and Sosthenes the brother,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:9 - For I think that God has set us the apostles for the last, as appointed to death. For we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:1 - Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not *ye* my work in the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:2 - If I am not an apostle to others, yet at any rate I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are *ye* in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5 - have we not a right to take round a sister as wife, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:28 - And God has set certain in the assembly: first, apostles; secondly, prophets; thirdly, teachers; then miraculous powers; then gifts of healings; helps; governments; kinds of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:29 - Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all in possession of miraculous powers?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:7 - Then he appeared to James; then to all the apostles;

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