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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]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 30 times in 30 verses in 'Act' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:2 - until the day in which he was received up, after that he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:26

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:37 - Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:42

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:43 - And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:33

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:35 - and laid them at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto each, according as any one had need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:36 - And Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of exhortation), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:37 - having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:2 - and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:12 - And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people: and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:18

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:29 - But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:34 - But there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in honor of all the people, and commanded to put the men forth a little while.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:40 - And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles unto them, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:6 - whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:1 - And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:14 - Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:18 - Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:27

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 - Now the apostles and the brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:4 - But the multitude of the city was divided; and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:14 - But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they rent their garments, and sprang forth among the multitude, crying out

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:2 - And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and questioning with them, the brethren appointed that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:4 - And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church and the apostles and the elders, and they rehearsed all things that God had done with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:6

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:22 - Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:23 - and they wrote thus by them, The apostles and the elders, brethren, unto the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:33 - And after they had spent some time there, they were dismissed in peace from the brethren unto those that had sent them forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:4 - And as they went on their way through the cities, they delivered them the decrees to keep which had been ordained of the apostles and elders that were at Jerusalem.
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