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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

  • εἰσ τὸν ναὸν τοῦ ἁγίου ἀποστόλου Θωμᾶ ἐν τοῖσ Ἀμαντίου τόνδε Θεῷ κάμεσ οἶκον, Ἀμάντιε, μεσσόθι πόντου, τοῖσ πολυδινήτοισ κύμασι μαρνάμενοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 51)
  • τὰ μὲν σημεῖα τοῦ ἀποστόλου κατειργάσθη ἐν ὑμῖν ἐν πάσῃ ὑπομονῇ, σημείοισ [τε] καὶ τέρασιν καὶ δυνάμεσιν. (PROS KORINQIOUS B, chapter 7 130:1)

Synonyms

  1. one who is sent

  2. messenger

  3. apostle

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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