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Lexicon :: Strong's G652 - apostolos

Aa
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 80 times in 79 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:14 - And he took twelve to be with him, so that he might send them out as preachers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:30 - And the twelve came together to Jesus; and they gave him an account of all the things they had done, and all they had been teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:13 - And the day came and, turning to his disciples, he made a selection from among them of twelve, to whom he gave the name of Apostles;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10 - And the twelve, when they came back, gave him an account of what they had done. And he took them with him and went away from the people to a town named Beth-saida.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:49 - For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:5 - And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:14 - And when the time had come, he took his seat, and the Apostles with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:10 - Now they were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary, the mother of James: and the other women with them said these things to the Apostles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:16 - Truly I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; and he who is sent is not greater than the one who sent him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:2 - Till the day when he was taken up to heaven after he had given his orders, through the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles of whom he had made selection:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:26 - And they put it to the decision of chance, and the decision was given for 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 these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:42 - And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:43 - But fear came on every soul: and all sorts of wonders and signs were done by the Apostles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:33 - And with great power the Apostles gave witness of the coming back of the Lord Jesus from the dead; and grace was on them all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:35 - And put it at the feet of the Apostles for distribution to everyone as he had need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:36 - And Joseph, who was given by the Apostles the name of Barnabas (the sense of which is, Son of comfort), a Levite and a man of Cyprus by birth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:37 - Having a field, got money for it and put the money at the feet of the Apostles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:2 - And kept back part of the price, his wife having knowledge of it, and took the rest and put it at the feet of the Apostles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:12 - Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:18 - And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:29 - But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:40 - And he seemed to them to be right: and they sent for the Apostles, and, after having them whipped and giving them orders to give no teaching in the name of Jesus, they let them go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:6 - These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:1 - And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:14 - Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God into their hearts, they sent to them Peter and John;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:18 - Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:27 - But Barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 - Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:4 - But there was a division among the people of the town; some were on the side of the Jews and some on the side of the Apostles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:14 - But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:2 - And after Paul and Barnabas had had no little argument and discussion with them, the brothers made a decision to send Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them to the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem about this question.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:4 - And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:6 - And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:22 - Then it seemed good to the Apostles and the rulers and all the church, to send men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, named Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:23 - And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:4 - And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:1 - Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, an Apostle by the selection of God, given authority as a preacher of the good news,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:13 - But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:7 - Give my love to Andronicus and Junia, my relations, who were in prison with me, who are noted among the Apostles, and who were in Christ before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:1 - Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Sosthenes the brother,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:9 - For it seems to me that God has put us the Apostles last of all, as men whose fate is death: for we are put on view to the world, and to angels, and to men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:2 - If to others I am not an Apostle, at least I am one to you: for the fact that you are Christians is the sign that I am an Apostle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5 - Have we no right to take about with us a Christian wife, like the rest of the Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:28 - And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:29 - Are all Apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? have all the power of working wonders?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:7 - Then he was seen by James; then by all the Apostles.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:9 - For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.

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