Word Study · Strong's G651 · Greek

ἀποστολή

apostole

ap-os-tol-ay'

Strong's 1890 spelling: apostolḗ

“commission, i.e. (specially) apostolate”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

commission, i.e. (specially) apostolate

Rendered in the KJV as

apostleship.

4
occurrencesin the New Testament
4 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 4 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

ἀποστολὴν2
ἀποστολῆς2

How it is rendered · 1

apostleship4

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2
noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2

Show the grammar codes as tagged

N-ASF · 2
N-GSF · 2

All 4, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Acts1 of 4 · 25%
Romans1 of 4 · 25%
1 Corinthians1 of 4 · 25%
Galatians1 of 4 · 25%

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Acts1 occurrence

Acts 1:25ἀποστολῆςapostolēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularto take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”here: apostleship

Romans1 occurrence

Romans 1:5ἀποστολὴνapostolēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularThrough 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.here: apostleship

1 Corinthians1 occurrence

1 Corinthians 9:2ἀποστολῆςapostolēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularEven if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.here: apostleship

Galatians1 occurrence

Galatians 2:8ἀποστολὴνapostolēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularFor the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.here: apostleship

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