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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, ;
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 ἀπόστ. and 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 81 times in 80 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 10:2–1Co 15:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:2 - Τῶν δὲ δώδεκα ἀποστόλων G652 τὰ ὀνόματά ἐστιν ταῦτα· πρῶτος Σίμων λεγόμενος Πέτρος καὶ Ἀνδρέας ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ Ἰάκωβος τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου καὶ Ἰωάννης ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:30 - Καὶ συνάγονται οἱ ἀπόστολοι G652 πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν αὐτῷ πάντα καὶ ὅσα ἐποίησαν Καὶ ὅσα ἐδίδαξαν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:13 - καὶ ὅτε ἐγένετο ἡμέρα προσεφώνησεν τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκλεξάμενος ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν δώδεκα οὓς καὶ ἀποστόλους G652 ὠνόμασεν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10 - Καὶ ὑποστρέψαντες οἱ ἀπόστολοι G652 διηγήσαντο αὐτῷ ὅσα ἐποίησαν καὶ παραλαβὼν αὐτοὺς ὑπεχώρησεν κατ᾽ ἰδίαν εἰς τόπον ἔρημον πόλεως καλουμένης Βηθσαϊδά
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:49 - διὰ τοῦτο καὶ σοφία τοῦ θεοῦ εἶπεν Ἀποστελῶ εἰς αὐτοὺς προφήτας καὶ ἀποστόλους G652 καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀποκτενοῦσιν καὶ ἐκδιώξουσιν·
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:5 - Καὶ εἶπον οἱ ἀπόστολοι G652 τῷ κυρίῳ Πρόσθες ἡμῖν πίστιν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:14 - Καὶ ὅτε ἐγένετο ὥρα ἀνέπεσεν καὶ οἱ δώδεκα ἀπόστολοι G652 σὺν αὐτῷ
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:10 - ἦσαν δὲ Μαγδαληνὴ Μαρία καὶ Ἰωάννα καὶ Μαρία Ἰακώβου καὶ αἱ λοιπαὶ σὺν αὐταῖς αἱ ἔλεγον πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους G652 ταῦτα
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:16 - ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν οὐκ ἔστιν δοῦλος μείζων τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ ἀπόστολος G652 μείζων τοῦ πέμψαντος αὐτόν
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:2 - ἄχρι ἡς ἡμέρας ἐντειλάμενος τοῖς ἀποστόλοις G652 διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου οὓς ἐξελέξατο ἀνελήφθη
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:26 - καὶ ἔδωκαν κλήρους αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔπεσεν κλῆρος ἐπὶ Ματθίαν, καὶ συγκατεψηφίσθη μετὰ τῶν ἕνδεκα ἀποστόλων G652
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:37 - Ἀκούσαντες δὲ κατενύγησαν τῇ καρδίᾳ εἶπόν τε πρὸς τὸν Πέτρον καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς ἀποστόλους G652 Τί ποιήσομεν, ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:42 - ἦσαν δὲ προσκαρτεροῦντες τῇ διδαχῇ τῶν ἀποστόλων G652 καὶ τῇ κοινωνίᾳ καὶ τῇ κλάσει τοῦ ἄρτου καὶ ταῖς προσευχαῖς
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:43 - ἐγένετο δὲ πάσῃ ψυχῇ φόβος πολλά τε τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα διὰ τῶν ἀποστόλων G652 Ἐγίνετο
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:33 - καὶ μεγάλῃ δυνάμει ἀπεδίδουν τὸ μαρτύριον οἱ ἀπόστολοι G652 τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ χάρις τε μεγάλη ἦν ἐπὶ πάντας αὐτούς
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:35 - καὶ ἐτίθουν παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τῶν ἀποστόλων G652 διεδίδοτο δὲ ἑκάστῳ καθότι ἄν τις χρείαν εἶχεν
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:36 - Ἰωσῆς δὲ ἐπικληθεὶς Βαρναβᾶς ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων G652 ἐστιν μεθερμηνευόμενον υἱὸς παρακλήσεως Λευίτης Κύπριος τῷ γένει
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:37 - ὑπάρχοντος αὐτῷ ἀγροῦ πωλήσας ἤνεγκεν τὸ χρῆμα καὶ ἔθηκεν παρά τοὺς πόδας τῶν ἀποστόλων G652
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:2 - καὶ ἐνοσφίσατο ἀπὸ τῆς τιμῆς συνειδυίας καὶ τῆς γυναικός αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνέγκας μέρος τι παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τῶν ἀποστόλων G652 ἔθηκεν
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:12 - Διὰ δὲ τῶν χειρῶν τῶν ἀποστόλων G652 ἐγένετο σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα ἐν τῷ λαῷ· πολλὰ καὶ ἦσαν ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἅπαντες ἐν τῇ Στοᾷ Σολομῶντος
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:18 - καὶ ἐπέβαλον τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀποστόλους G652 καὶ ἔθεντο αὐτοὺς ἐν τηρήσει δημοσίᾳ
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:29 - ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Πέτρος καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι G652 εἶπον, Πειθαρχεῖν δεῖ θεῷ μᾶλλον ἀνθρώποις
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:34 - ἀναστὰς δέ τις ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ Φαρισαῖος ὀνόματι Γαμαλιήλ νομοδιδάσκαλος τίμιος παντὶ τῷ λαῷ ἐκέλευσεν ἔξω βραχὺ τί τοὺς ἀποστόλους G652 ποιῆσαι
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:40 - ἐπείσθησαν δέ αὐτῷ καὶ προσκαλεσάμενοι τοὺς ἀποστόλους G652 δείραντες παρήγγειλαν μὴ λαλεῖν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Ἰησοῦ καὶ ἀπέλυσαν αὐτούς
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:6 - οὓς ἔστησαν ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀποστόλων G652 καὶ προσευξάμενοι ἐπέθηκαν αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:1 - Σαῦλος δὲ ἦν συνευδοκῶν τῇ ἀναιρέσει αὐτοῦ Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ διωγμὸς μέγας ἐπὶ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τὴν ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις πάντες τε διεσπάρησαν κατὰ τὰς χώρας τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ Σαμαρείας πλὴν τῶν ἀποστόλων G652
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:14 - Ἀκούσαντες δὲ οἱ ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἀπόστολοι G652 ὅτι δέδεκται Σαμάρεια τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτοὺς τὸν Πέτρον καὶ Ἰωάννην
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:18 - θεασάμενος δὲ Σίμων ὅτι διὰ τῆς ἐπιθέσεως τῶν χειρῶν τῶν ἀποστόλων G652 δίδοται τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον, προσήνεγκεν αὐτοῖς χρήματα
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:27 - Βαρναβᾶς δὲ ἐπιλαβόμενος αὐτὸν ἤγαγεν πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους G652 καὶ διηγήσατο αὐτοῖς πῶς ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ εἶδεν τὸν κύριον καὶ ὅτι ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ καὶ πῶς ἐν Δαμασκῷ ἐπαρρησιάσατο ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Ἰησοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 - Ἤκουσαν δὲ οἱ ἀπόστολοι G652 καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ οἱ ὄντες κατὰ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν ὅτι καὶ τὰ ἔθνη ἐδέξαντο τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:4 - ἐσχίσθη δὲ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς πόλεως καὶ οἱ μὲν ἦσαν σὺν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις οἱ δὲ σὺν τοῖς ἀποστόλοις G652
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:14 - ἀκούσαντες δὲ οἱ ἀπόστολοι G652 Βαρναβᾶς καὶ Παῦλος διαρρήξαντες τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν εἰσεπήδησαν εἰς τὸν ὄχλον κράζοντες
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:2 - γενομένης οὖν στάσεως καὶ συζητήσεως οὐκ ὀλίγης τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ τῷ Βαρναβᾷ πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἔταξαν ἀναβαίνειν Παῦλον καὶ Βαρναβᾶν καί τινας ἄλλους ἐξ αὐτῶν πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους G652 καὶ πρεσβυτέρους εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ περὶ τοῦ ζητήματος τούτου
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:4 - παραγενόμενοι δὲ εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἀπεδέχθησαν ὑπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας καὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων G652 καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων ἀνήγγειλάν τε ὅσα θεὸς ἐποίησεν μετ᾽ αὐτῶν
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:6 - Συνήχθησάν δὲ οἱ ἀπόστολοι G652 καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ἰδεῖν περὶ τοῦ λόγου τούτου
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:22 - Τότε ἔδοξεν τοῖς ἀποστόλοις G652 καὶ τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις σὺν ὅλῃ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐκλεξαμένους ἄνδρας ἐξ αὐτῶν πέμψαι εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν σὺν τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ Βαρναβᾷ Ἰούδαν τὸν ἐπικαλούμενον Βαρσαβᾶν καὶ Σιλᾶν ἄνδρας ἡγουμένους ἐν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:23 - γράψαντες διὰ χειρὸς αὐτῶν τάδε, Οἱ ἀπόστολοι G652 καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι καὶ Οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τοῖς κατὰ τὴν Ἀντιόχειαν καὶ Συρίαν καὶ Κιλικίαν ἀδελφοῖς τοῖς ἐξ ἐθνῶν χαίρειν
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:33 - ποιήσαντες δὲ χρόνον ἀπελύθησαν μετ᾽ εἰρήνης ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους G652
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:4 - ὡς δὲ διεπορεύοντο τὰς πόλεις παρεδίδουν αὐτοῖς φυλάσσειν τὰ δόγματα τὰ κεκριμένα ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων G652 καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τῶν ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:1 - Παῦλος δοῦλος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ κλητὸς ἀπόστολος G652 ἀφωρισμένος εἰς εὐαγγέλιον θεοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:13 - Ὑμῖν γὰρ λέγω τοῖς ἔθνεσιν· ἐφ᾽ ὅσον μὲν εἰμι ἐγὼ ἐθνῶν ἀπόστολος G652 τὴν διακονίαν μου δοξάζω
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:7 - ἀσπάσασθε Ἀνδρόνικον καὶ Ἰουνίαν τοὺς συγγενεῖς μου καὶ συναιχμαλώτους μου οἵτινές εἰσιν ἐπίσημοι ἐν τοῖς ἀποστόλοις G652 οἳ καὶ πρὸ ἐμοῦ γέγονασιν ἐν Χριστῷ
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:1 - Παῦλος κλητὸς ἀπόστολος G652 Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ διὰ θελήματος θεοῦ καὶ Σωσθένης ἀδελφός
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:9 - δοκῶ γάρ ὅτι θεὸς ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀποστόλους G652 ἐσχάτους ἀπέδειξεν ὡς ἐπιθανατίους ὅτι θέατρον ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ καὶ ἀγγέλοις καὶ ἀνθρώποις
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:1 - Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἀπόστολος G652 οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐλεύθερος οὐχὶ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν ἑώρακα οὐ τὸ ἔργον μου ὑμεῖς ἐστε ἐν κυρίῳ
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:2 - εἰ ἄλλοις οὐκ εἰμὶ ἀπόστολος G652 ἀλλά γε ὑμῖν εἰμι· γὰρ σφραγὶς τῆς ἐμῆς ἀποστολῆς ὑμεῖς ἐστε ἐν κυρίῳ
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5 - μὴ οὐκ ἔχομεν ἐξουσίαν ἀδελφὴν γυναῖκα περιάγειν ὡς καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ ἀπόστολοι G652 καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ Κηφᾶς
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:28 - καὶ οὓς μὲν ἔθετο θεὸς ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ πρῶτον ἀποστόλους G652 δεύτερον προφήτας τρίτον διδασκάλους ἔπειτα δυνάμεις εἶτα χαρίσματα ἰαμάτων ἀντιλήψεις, κυβερνήσεις γένη γλωσσῶν
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:29 - μὴ πάντες ἀπόστολοι G652 μὴ πάντες προφῆται μὴ πάντες διδάσκαλοι μὴ πάντες δυνάμεις
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:7 - ἔπειτα ὤφθη Ἰακώβῳ εἶτα τοῖς ἀποστόλοις G652 πᾶσιν·

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