ἀπόστολος, -ου, ὁ

(ἀοστέλλω), [in LXX; 3Ki.14:6 A (שָׁלַח) * ;]

__1. a fleet, an expedition (Dem.).

__2. a messenger, one sent on a mission (Hdt. LXX, l.with, and π.; see M, Pr. 37 f.; MM, see word; M, Th. i, 2:7 and reff.): Jhn.13:16, 2Co.8:23 Php.2:25.

__3. In NT, an Apostle of Christ

__(a) with special ref. to the Twelve: Mat.10:2, Mrk.3:14, Luk.11:49, Eph.3:5, Rev.18:20, al. equality with whom is claimed by St. Paul, Gal.1:1, 11 ff, 1Ti.2:7, a1.;

__(b) in a wider sense of prominent Christian teachers, as Barnabas, Act.14:14, apparently also Silvanus and Timothy, 1Th.2:6, and perhaps Andronicus and Junias (Junia?), Rom.16:7 (see ICC, in l); of false teachers, claiming apostleship: 2Co.11:5 11:13, Rev.2:2. (On the different uses of the term in NT, see Lit. Gal. 92-101; Cremer, 530; DB, i, 126; DCG, i, 105; Enc. Br. ii, 196 ff.)

(AS)

a fleet; an expedition; a messenger; one sent on a mission; an Apostle