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ἀπόστολος
apóstolos · Greek · Strong's G652 · 79 occurrences
The KJV renders 5 different Hebrew and Greek words as “messenger”
What it means
a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ ("apostle") (with miraculous powers)
from G649 (ἀποστέλλω);
How the KJV renders it
apostle, messenger, he that is sent
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
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Where it appears
79 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 1:1 · N-NSM
Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
1 Corinthians 4:9 · N-APM
For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.
1 Corinthians 9:1 · N-NSM
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?
1 Corinthians 9:2 · N-NSM
If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 9:5 · N-NPM
Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
1 Corinthians 12:28 · N-APM
God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.
1 Corinthians 12:29 N-NPM1 Corinthians 15:7 N-DPM1 Corinthians 15:9 N-GPM1 Peter 1:1 N-NSM1 Thessalonians 2:6 N-NPM1 Timothy 1:1 N-NSM1 Timothy 2:7 N-NSM2 Corinthians 1:1 N-NSM2 Corinthians 8:23 N-NPM2 Corinthians 11:5 N-GPM2 Corinthians 11:13 N-APM2 Corinthians 12:11 N-GPM2 Corinthians 12:12 N-GSM2 Peter 1:1 N-NSM2 Peter 3:2 N-GPM2 Timothy 1:1 N-NSM2 Timothy 1:11 N-NSMActs 1:2 N-DPMActs 1:26 N-GPMActs 2:37 N-APMActs 2:42 N-GPMActs 2:43 N-GPMActs 4:33 N-NPMActs 4:35 N-GPMActs 4:36 N-GPMActs 4:37 N-GPMActs 5:2 N-GPMActs 5:12 N-GPMActs 5:18 N-APMActs 5:29 N-NPMActs 5:40 N-APMActs 6:6 N-GPMActs 8:1 N-GPMActs 8:14 N-NPMActs 8:18 N-GPMActs 9:27 N-APMActs 11:1 N-NPMActs 14:4 N-DPMActs 14:14 N-NPMActs 15:2 N-APMActs 15:4 N-GPMActs 15:6 N-NPMActs 15:22 N-DPMActs 15:23 N-NPMActs 16:4 N-GPMColossians 1:1 N-NSMEphesians 1:1 N-NSMEphesians 2:20 N-GPMEphesians 3:5 N-DPMEphesians 4:11 N-APMGalatians 1:1 N-NSMGalatians 1:17 N-APMGalatians 1:19 N-GPMHebrews 3:1 N-ASM
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