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:
1 Corinthians 9:5: "a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren"
1 Corinthians 12:28: "in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly"
1 Corinthians 12:29: "Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all"
1 Corinthians 15:7: "then of all the apostles."
1 Corinthians 15:9: "the least of the apostles, that am not meet"
1 Corinthians 15:9: "not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church"
2 Corinthians 1:1: "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and"
2 Corinthians 8:23: "or our brethren be inquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ."
2 Corinthians 11:5: "I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles."
2 Corinthians 11:13: "workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ."
2 Corinthians 12:11: "am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing."
2 Corinthians 12:12: "Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in"
Galatians 1:1: "Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man,"
Galatians 1:17: "to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went"
Galatians 1:19: "But other of the apostles saw I none, save James"
Ephesians 1:1: "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the"
Ephesians 2:20: "the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ"
Ephesians 3:5: "revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;"
Ephesians 4:11: "he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets;"
Philippians 2:25: "fellow soldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants."
Colossians 1:1: "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and"
1 Thessalonians 2:6: "have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ."
1 Timothy 1:1: "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our"
1 Timothy 2:7: "I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in"
2 Timothy 1:1: "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according"
2 Timothy 1:11: "I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles."
Titus 1:1: "a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith"
Hebrews 3:1: "calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession,"
1 Peter 1:1: "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia,"
2 Peter 1:1: "Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious"
2 Peter 3:2: "commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Savior:"
Jude 1:17: "which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;"
Revelation 2:2: "thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and"
Revelation 18:20: "thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God"
Revelation 21:14: "the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb."
