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Strong's #651 - ἀποστολή
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- a sending away
- of the sending off of a fleet
- of consuls with an army, i.e. of an expedition
- a sending away, i.e. a dismissal, release
- a thing sent, esp. of gifts
- in the NT, the office and dignity of the apostles of Christ, apostleship
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ἀποστολ-ή, ἡ, (ἀποστέλλω)
I
1. ending off or away, E. IA 688, Ph. 1043 (lyr., pl.); dispatching, νεῶν Th. 8.9; sending forth on their journey, ξένων ὑποδοχὰς καὶ ἀ. Arist. EN 1123a3, cf. IG 2.238.15; δοῦναί τι ἀποστολάς τινι as a parting gift, LXX 3 Ki. 9.16, cf. 1 Maccabees 2:18.
2. shooting, discharge, βέλους Ph. Bel. 68.33.
3. discharge from service, οὐκ ἔστιν ἀ. ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πολέμου LXX Ecclesiastes 8:8.
4. payment of tribute, Jul. 204.
II (from Pass.)
1. expedition, Th. 8.8.
2. apostleship, 1 Corinthians 9:2,.Galatians 2:8.
ἀποστολή, 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.
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ἀπο -στολή , -ῆς , ἡ
(< ἀποστέλλω ),
[in LXX: Deuteronomy 22:7, 1 Kings 4:34; 1 Kings 9:16 Psalms 78:49, Ecclesiastes 8:8, (for H7971 and its cognates), 1 Esdras 9:51; 1 Esdras 9:54, Jeremiah 32:36, Baruch 2:25, 1 Maccabees 2:18, 2 Maccabees 3:2 *.]
1. In cl., a sending away (MM, s.v.), as, an expedition (Hdt.).
2. In LXX
(a) discharge, dismissal (Ecclesiastes 8:8);
(b) a gift (1 Kings 9:16, 1 Maccabees 2:13).
3. In NT, the office of an Apostle of Christ, apostleship: Acts 1:25, Romans 1:5, 1 Corinthians 9:2, Galatians 2:8 (Cremer, 530).†
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P Tebt I. 112.6 (an account—B.C. 112) ὄψου εἰς ἀποστολὴν Μουσαίωι ρ ̄ξ ̄, P Oxy IV. 736.12 (c. A.D. 1) μύρου ε ́ἰς ἀποστολὴν ταφῆς θυγατρὸς Φνᾶς, ";perfume for the despatch of the mummy of the daughter of Phna;"; and from the inscriptions Syll 924.29 (end of iii/B.C.) ἐπὶ ] τᾶι ἀποστολᾶι τοῦ ἀνδρός, ib. 929.99 (? B.C. 139), ib. 210.14 (iii/B.C.) τῶν χρη ]μάτων συναγωγῆς τε καὶ ἀποστ [ολῆς. It is thus the nomen actionis of ἀποστέλλω.
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