ἀπόστολος, -ου, ὁ
(ἀοστέλλω), [in LXX;
1Ki.14:6 A (שָׁלַח) * ;]
1. a fleet, an expedition (Dem.).
2. a messenger, one sent on a mission (Hdt., LXX, l.with, and π.; see M,
Pr., 37 f.; MM, see word; M,
Th., i, 2:7 and reff.):
Jhn.13:16,
2Co.8:23 Php.2:25.
3. In NT, an Apostle of Christ
(a) with special ref. to the Twelve:
Mat.10:2,
Mrk.3:14,
Luk.11:49,
Eph.3:5,
Rev.18:20, al., equality with whom is claimed by St. Paul,
Gal.1:1, 11 ff,
1Ti.2:7, a1.;
(b) in a wider sense of prominent Christian teachers, as Barnabas,
Act.14:14, apparently also Silvanus and Timothy,
1Th.2:6, and perhaps Andronicus and Junias (Junia?),
Rom.16:7 (see
ICC, in l); of false teachers,
claiming apostleship:
2Co.11:5;
11:13,
Rev.2:2. (On the different uses of the term in NT, see Lit.,
Gal., 92-101; Cremer, 530;
DB, i, 126;
DCG, i, 105; Enc. Br., ii, 196 ff.)
(AS)
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