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apostoł G0652 G0652 = G0652 ἀπόστολος apostolos G:N-M apostle 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.; zob. M, Pr., 37 f.; MM, zob. word; M, Th., i, 2:7 and reff.): Jn 13:16, 2Kor 8:23 Flp 2:25.
3. In NT, an Apostle of Christ (a) with special ref. to the Twelve: Mt 10:2, Mk 3:14, Łk 11:49, Ef 3:5, Obj 18:20, itd., equality with whom is claimed by St. Paul, Ga 1:1, 11 ff, 1Tm 2:7, a1.; (b) in a wider sense of prominent Christian teachers, as Barnabas, Dz 14:14, apparently also Silvanus and Timothy, 1Tes 2:6, and perhaps Andronicus and Junias (Junia?), Rz 16:7 (zob. ICC, in l); of false teachers, claiming apostleship: 2Kor 11:5 11:13, Obj 2:2. (On the different uses of the term in NT, zob. Lit., Gitd., 92-101; Cremer, 530; DB, i, 126; DCG, i, 105; Enc. Br., ii, 196 ff.) (AS)