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ἀπόστολος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπόστολος ἀποστόλου

Structure: ἀποστολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)poste/llw

Sense

  1. one who is sent
  2. messenger, envoy, ambassador
  3. (biblical) apostle

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Καὶ συνάγονται οἱ ἀπόστολοι πρὸσ τὸν Ιἠσοῦν, καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν αὐτῷ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησαν καὶ ὅσα ἐδίδαξαν. (, chapter 4 124:1)
  • Καὶ ὑποστρέψαντεσ οἱ ἀπόστολοι διηγήσαντο αὐτῷ ὅσα ἐποίησαν. (, chapter 3 400:1)
  • Καὶ εἶπαν οἱ ἀπόστολοι τῷ κυρίῳ Πρόσθεσ ἡμῖν πίστιν. (, chapter 14 111:1)
  • Καὶ ὅτε ἐγένετο ἡ ὡρ́α, ἀνέπεσεν καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι σὺν αὐτῷ. (, chapter 14 359:1)
  • καὶ δυνάμει μεγάλῃ ἀπεδίδουν τὸ μαρτύριον οἱ ἀπόστολοι τοῦ κυρίου Ιἠσοῦ τῆσ ἀναστάσεωσ, χάρισ τε μεγάλη ἦν ἐπὶ πάντασ αὐτούσ. (, chapter 1 142:1)

Synonyms

  1. one who is sent

  2. messenger

  3. apostle

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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