King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G651
Transliteration: apostolē
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-os-tol-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a sending away
Meaning: a sending away
ἀποστολή, ἀποστολῆς, ἡ (ἀποστέλλω);
Word Summary
apostolē: a sending away
Original Word: ἀποστολήTransliteration: apostolē
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-os-tol-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a sending away
Meaning: a sending away
Strong's Concordance
apostleship. From apostello; commission, i.e. (specially) apostolate -- apostleship.
see GREEK apostello
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 651: ἀποστολήἀποστολή, 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.