Greek noun (feminine) · G651
ἀποστολή
apostoleap-os-tol-ay'
In cl., a sending away (MM, see word), as, an expedition (Hdt.).; In LXX; In NT, the office of an Apostle of Christ, apostleship
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: apostolḗ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G651is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G651
commission, i.e. (specially) apostolate
The King James renders it: apostleship.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
apostole is rendered "In cl., a sending away (MM, see word), as, an expedition (Hdt.).; In LXX; In NT, the office of an Apostle of Christ, apostleship". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- One of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "In cl., a sending away (MM, see word), as, an expedition (Hdt.).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 1:25to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
Acts 1:25ἀποστολῆς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's four uses is in Acts.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: In cl., a sending away (MM, see word), as, an expedition (Hdt.)., and In LXX, and In NT, the office of an Apostle of Christ, apostleship.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| In cl., a sending away (MM, see word), as, an expedition (Hdt.). | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereActs 1:25to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.” |
| In LXX__(a) discharge, dismissal (Ecc.8:8); __(b) a gift (3Ki.9:16, 1Ma.2:13). | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereEcclesiastes 8:8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death… |
| In NT, the office of an Apostle of Christ, apostleshipAct.1:25, Rom.1:5, 1Co.9:2, Gal.2:8 (Cremer, 530).† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereActs 1:25to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.” |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀποστέλλω | apostello | to send | Uses132 |
| ἀπόστολος | apostolos | apostle | Uses79 |
| ἀποστρέφω | apostrepho | to turn away | Uses9 |
| ἀποστερέω | apostereo | to defraud | Uses6 |
| ἀποσπάω | apospao | to draw away | Uses4 |
| ἀποστάσιον | apostasion | divorce | Uses3 |
| ἀποσυνάγωγος | aposynagogos | excommunicated | Uses3 |
| ἀποστασία | apostasia | apostasy | Uses2 |
| ἀποστυγέω | apostygeo | to abhor | Uses1 |
| ἀποσκευάζω | aposkeuazo | to pack up | Uses1 |
| ἀποσκίασμα | aposkiasma | shadow | Uses1 |
| ἀποστεγάζω | apostegazo | to unroof | Uses1 |
and 1 more on the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀποστολὴν2
- ἀποστολῆς2
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2N-ASF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2N-GSF
Acts
one use
to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
- ἀποστολῆςapostolesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: apostleship
Romans
one use
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.
- ἀποστολὴνapostolennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: apostleship
1 Corinthians
one use
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.
- ἀποστολῆςapostolesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: apostleship
Galatians
one use
For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.
- ἀποστολὴνapostolennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: apostleship
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.