ἀποστολή
apostolēapostleshipHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine4 occurrences4 books4 verses
Definition
ἀπο-στολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(ἀποστέλλω), [in LXX: Deuteronomy 22:7, 1 Kings 4:34; 9:16, Psalm 78:49, Ecclesiastes 8:8, Song of Solomon 4:13 (for שָׁלַח and its cognates), 1Es.9.51 Esther 9:54, Jeremiah 32:36, Bar.2.25, 1Ma.2.18, 2Ma.3.2 *.]
1. In cl., a sending away (MM, see word), as, an expedition (Hdt.).
2. In LXX
(a) discharge, dismissal (Ecclesiastes 8:8);
(b) a gift (3Ki.9.16, 1Ma.2.13).
3. In NT, the office of an Apostle of Christ, apostleship: Acts 1:25, Romans 1:5, 1 Corinthians 9:2, Galatians 2:8 (Cremer, 530).
Usage patterns
Occurrences
4 total
- Acts 1:25ἀποστολῆς · apostleship…to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
- Romans 1:5ἀποστολὴν · apostleshipThrough Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
- 1 Corinthians 9:2ἀποστολῆς · apostleshipEven if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
- Galatians 2:8ἀποστολὴν · apostleshipFor the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.