Strong's #652: apostolos (pronounced ap-os'-tol-os)
from 649; a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ ("apostle") (with miraculous powers):--apostle, messenger, he that is sent.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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apostolos
1) a delegate, messenger, one sent forth with orders
1a) specifically applied to the twelve apostles of Christ
1b) in a broader sense applied to other eminent Christian teachers
1b1) of Barnabas
1b2) of Timothy and Silvanus
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: from G649
Citing in TDNT: 1:407, 67
Usage:
This word is used 85 times:
Matthew 10:2: "names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon,"
Mark 6:30: "And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told"
Luke 6:13: "whom also he named apostles;"
Luke 9:10: "And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done."
Luke 11:49: "I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of"
Luke 17:5: "And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our"
Luke 22:14: "and the twelve apostles with him."
Luke 24:10: "these things unto the apostles."
John 13:16: "than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him."
Acts 1:2: "Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:"
Acts 1:26: "with the eleven apostles."
Acts 1:26: "with the eleven apostles."
Acts 2:37: "and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?"
Acts 2:42: "And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship,"
Acts 2:43: "were done by the apostles."
Acts 4:33: "power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the"
Acts 4:35: "laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man"
Acts 4:36: "who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted,"
Acts 4:37: "laid it at the apostles' feet."
Acts 5:2: "and laid it at the apostles' feet."
Acts 5:12: "the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders"
Acts 5:18: "hands on the apostles, and put them in"
Acts 5:29: "Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey"
Acts 5:34: "Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the"
Acts 5:34: "Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the"
Acts 5:40: "and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak"
Acts 6:6: "they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on"
Acts 8:1: "Samaria, except the apostles."
Acts 8:14: "Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that"
Acts 8:18: "through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost"
Acts 9:27: "and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how"
Acts 11:1: "And the apostles and brethren that were in Judea"
Acts 14:4: "and part with the apostles."
Acts 14:4: "and part with the apostles."
Acts 14:14: "Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent"
Acts 15:2: "of them, should go up to"
Acts 15:2: "of them, should go up to"
Acts 15:4: "church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared"
Acts 15:6: "And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of"
Acts 15:22: "Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the"
Acts 15:23: "them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting"
Acts 15:33: "brethren unto the apostles."
Acts 16:4: "that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at"
Romans 1:1: "of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,"
Romans 11:13: "inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify"
Romans 16:7: "of note among the apostles, who also were in"
1 Corinthians 1:1: "Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God,"
1 Corinthians 4:9: "hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for"
1 Corinthians 9:1: "Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen"
1 Corinthians 9:2: "If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am"
