ἀποστολή
apostolē
ἀπο-στολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(ἀποστέλλω), [in LXX: Deu.22:7, 3Ki.4:34 9:16 Psa.78:49, Ecc.8:8, Sng.4:13 (for שָׁלַח and its cognates), 1Es.9:51 Est.9:54, Jer.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 (Ecc.8:8);
(b) a gift (3Ki.9:16, 1Ma.2:13).
3. In NT, the office of an Apostle of Christ, apostleship: Act.1:25, Rom.1:5, 1Co.9:2, Gal.2:8 (Cremer, 530).†
(AS)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 4 verses
- Acts 1:25 ἀποστολῆς
to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
- Romans 1:5 ἀποστολὴν
Through 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 9:2 ἀποστολῆς
Even 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 2:8 ἀποστολὴν
For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.