ἀποστολή
apostolē · apostleship
Greek word · Strong’s number G651 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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apostolē (ἀποστολή) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “apostleship”.
The commission of being an apostle, one sent by Jesus.
How to say it
a·pos·to·lē
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The charge of being Christ's envoy.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Acts 1:25
to take the place of this service and apostleship, from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”
- Romans 1:5
through whom we received grace and apostleship for the obedience of faith among all the nations for the sake of his name,
- 1 Corinthians 9:2
If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least to you I am; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
- Galatians 2:8
(for the one who worked in Peter for the apostleship of the circumcision worked also in me for the nations),