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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

  • ἐγὼ γὰρ ἐν τοῖσ ἀποστόλοισ πλοίοισ ἐμβὰσ διενοούμην πλεῖν, τεθυμωμένοσ, πάσχειν τε οἰόμενοσ δεῖν, εἰ διακωλυοίμην, ὁτιοῦν, ἐπειδὴ περιφανῶσ ἠδίκουν μὲν οὐδέν, ἠδικούμην δέ· (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 147:1)
  • ἄχρι ἧσ ἡμέρασ ἐντειλάμενοσ τοῖσ ἀποστόλοισ διὰ πνεύματοσ ἁγίου οὓσ ἐξελέξατο ἀνελήμφθη· (, chapter 1 3:1)
  • ἐσχίσθη δὲ τὸ πλῆθοσ τῆσ πόλεωσ, καὶ οἱ μὲν ἦσαν σὺν τοῖσ Ιοὐδαίοισ οἱ δὲ σὺν τοῖσ ἀποστόλοισ. (, chapter 14 5:1)
  • ἀσπάσασθε Ἀνδρόνικον καὶ Ιοὐνίαν τοὺσ συγγενεῖσ μου καὶ συναιχμαλώτουσ μου, οἵτινέσ εἰσιν ἐπίσημοι ἐν τοῖσ ἀποστόλοισ, οἳ καὶ πρὸ ἐμοῦ γέγοναν ἐν Χριστῷ. (PROS RWMAIOUS, chapter 11 154:1)
  • ἔπειτα ὤφθη Ιἀκώβῳ, εἶτα τοῖσ ἀποστόλοισ πᾶσιν· (PROS KORINQIOUS A, chapter 8 216:1)

Synonyms

  1. one who is sent

  2. messenger

  3. apostle

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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