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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:2 - And 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:30 - And the apostles are gathered together unto Jesus, and they told him all, and how many things they did, and how many things they taught,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:13

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10 - And 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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:49 - 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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:5 - And the apostles said to the Lord, 'Add to us faith;'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:14 - And when the hour come, he reclined (at meat), and the twelve apostles with him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:10 - And it was the Magdalene Mary, and Joanna, and Mary of James, and the other women with them, who told unto the apostles these things,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:16 - verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:2 - till the day in which, having given command, through the Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom he did choose out, he was taken up,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:26 - and they gave their lots, and the lot fell upon 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, they were pricked to the heart; they say also to Peter, and to the rest of the apostles, 'What shall we do, men, brethren?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:42

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:43 - And fear came on every soul, many wonders also and signs were being done through the apostles,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:33 - And with great power were the apostles giving the testimony to the rising again of the Lord Jesus, great grace also was on them all,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:35 - and were laying them at the feet of the apostles, and distribution was being made to each according as any one had need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:36 - And Joses, who was surnamed by the apostles Barnabas -- which is, having been interpreted, Son of Comfort -- a Levite, of Cyprus by birth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:37 - a field being his, 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 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:12 - And 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:18 - and laid their hands upon the apostles, and did put them in a public prison;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:29 - And Peter and the apostles answering, said, 'To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:34 - but a certain one, having risen up in the sanhedrim -- a Pharisee, by name Gamaliel, a teacher of law honoured by all the people -- commanded to put the apostles forth a little,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:40 - And 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:1 - 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:14 - And the apostles in Jerusalem having heard that Samaria hath received the word of God, did send unto them Peter and John,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:18 - And Simon, having beheld that through the laying on of the hands of the apostles, the Holy Spirit is given, brought before them money,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:27 - and 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 - And the apostles and the brethren who are in Judea heard that also the nations did receive 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 - and having heard, the apostles Barnabas and Paul, having rent their garments, did spring into the multitude, crying

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:2 - there 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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:4 - And 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:6 - And there were gathered together the apostles and the elders, 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 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 --

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:23 - having 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:33 - and having passed some time, they were let go with peace from the brethren unto the apostles;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:4 - And 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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:1 - Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God --

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:13 - For to you I speak -- to the nations -- inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, my ministration I do glorify;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:7 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:9 - for 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:1 - 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?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:2 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5 - have we not authority a sister -- a wife -- to lead about, 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 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;

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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 powers?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:7 - afterwards he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

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