651. apostolé

Strong's Lexicon

apostolé: Apostleship, mission, sending

Original Word: ἀποστολή
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: apostolé
Pronunciation: ah-pos-to-LAY
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-os-tol-ay')
Definition: Apostleship, mission, sending
Meaning: commission, duty of apostle, apostleship.

Word Origin: Derived from ἀποστέλλω (apostellō), meaning "to send away" or "to send forth."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "apostolé," the concept of being sent is present in the Hebrew word שָׁלַח (shalach), meaning "to send."

Usage: The term "apostolé" primarily refers to the act of sending or the office and mission of an apostle. It encompasses the authority and responsibility given to those who are sent out to preach the gospel and establish churches. In the New Testament, it is often associated with the commissioning of the apostles by Jesus Christ to spread His teachings and establish the early church.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of being sent with authority was well understood. An apostle was akin to an ambassador, carrying the authority of the one who sent them. In the Jewish context, the idea of being sent by God was significant, as prophets and messengers were often seen as representatives of divine will. The early Christian use of "apostolé" emphasized the divine commissioning of the apostles by Jesus, highlighting their role in the foundational period of the church.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from apostelló
Definition
a sending away
NASB Translation
apostleship (4).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 651: ἀποστολή

ἀποστολή, ἀποστολῆς, ἡ (ἀποστέλλω);

1. a sending away: Τιμολεοντος εἰς Σικελιαν, Plutarch, Timol. 1, etc.; of the sending off of a fleet, Thucydides 8, 9; also of consuls with an army, i. e. of an expedition, Polybius 26, 7, 1.

2. a sending away i. e. dismission, release: the Sept. Ecclesiastes 8:8.

3. a thing sent, esp of gifts: 1 Kings 9:16 (Alex.); 1 Macc. 2:18 etc. cf. Grimm at the passage

4. in the N. T. the office and dignity of the apostles of Christ (Vulg.apostolatus), apostolate, apostleship: Acts 1:25; Romans 1:5; 1 Corinthians 9:2; Galatians 2:8.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

apostleship.

From apostello; commission, i.e. (specially) apostolate -- apostleship.

see GREEK apostello

Forms and Transliterations

αποστολαί αποστολάς αποστολή αποστολην αποστολήν ἀποστολὴν αποστολης αποστολής ἀποστολῆς apostolen apostolēn apostolḕn apostoles apostolês apostolēs apostolē̂s

Englishman's Concordance

Acts 1:25 N-GFS
GRK: ταύτης καὶ ἀποστολῆς ἀφ' ἧς
NAS: ministry and apostleship from which
KJV: ministry and apostleship, from which
INT: this and apostleship from which

Romans 1:5 N-AFS
GRK: χάριν καὶ ἀποστολὴν εἰς ὑπακοὴν
NAS: grace and apostleship to bring about
KJV: grace and apostleship, for obedience
INT: grace and apostleship unto obedience

1 Corinthians 9:2 N-GFS
GRK: μου τῆς ἀποστολῆς ὑμεῖς ἐστὲ
NAS: to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
KJV: the seal of mine apostleship are ye
INT: of my the apostleship you are

Galatians 2:8 N-AFS
GRK: Πέτρῳ εἰς ἀποστολὴν τῆς περιτομῆς
NAS: for Peter in [his] apostleship to the circumcised
KJV: to the apostleship of the circumcision,
INT: in Peter for apostleship of the circumcision

Strong's Greek 651
4 Occurrences

ἀποστολὴν — 2 Occ.
ἀποστολῆς — 2 Occ.