G651 – apostole – ἀποστολή – apostleship
- Strong’s ID:
- G651
- Greek Word:
- ἀποστολή
- Transliteration:
- apostole
- Pronunciation:
- ap-os-tol-ay’
- Part of Speech:
- noun feminine
- Usage Count:
- 4
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- Find “apostole” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G649; commission, i.e. (specially) apostolate:—apostleship.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) a sending away
1a) of the sending off of a fleet
1b) of consuls with an army, i.e. of an expedition
2) a sending away, i.e. a dismissal, release
3) a thing sent, especially of gifts
4) in the NT, the office and dignity of the apostles of Christ, apostleship
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.