noun · feminine

apostolas

Greekἀποστολή (apostolē)

Strong’sG651

commission, duty of apostle, apostleship

stem apostol-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

apostleship4×

What it means

ἀπο-στολή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< ἀποστέλλω), [in LXX: De 22:7, III Ki 4:34 9:16, Ps 77 (78):49, Ec 8:8, Ca 4:13 (for שׁלח and its cognates), I Es 9:51, 54, Je 39 (32):36, Ba 2:25, I Mac 2:18, II Mac 3:2*.]

1. In cl., a sending away (MM, s.v.), as, an expedition (Hdt.).

2. In LXX

(a) discharge, dismissal (Ec 8:8);

(b) a gift (III Ki 9:16, I Mac 2:13).

3. In NT, the office of an Apostle of Christ, apostleship: Ac 1:25, Ro 1:5, I Co 9:2, Ga 2:8 (Cremer, 530).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G651 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidap-os-tol-ay'

commission, i.e. (specially) apostolate

Fromfrom G649;

King Jamesapostleship.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	apostolas	apostolais
object accusative	apostolan2×ἀποστολὴν	apostolain
direct address vocative	apostolar	apostolair
of, belonging to genitive	apostolau2×ἀποστολῆς	apostolaiu
to, for dative	apostola	apostolai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

apostolstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

apostola is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

apostolos — ἀπόστολος, an apostle, a messenger, an envoy, a delegate

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

apostolan“apostleship”objectaccusative singular2×

Romans 1:5“apostleship”dia hou lambana charian kai apostolan eis hupakoan pistiau en pantei tei ethnei huper teu onomeu autou,Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

Galatians 2:8“apostleship”tos gar energaratos Petro eis apostolan tau peritomau energata kai mi eis teim ethneim,For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.

apostolau“apostleship”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

Acts 1:25“apostleship”lambara ton topon tau diakoniau houtau kai apostolau, apo hau parabainata Ioudaos poreuira eis ton topon ton idion.to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”

1 Corinthians 9:2“apostleship”ei alloi ouk amō apostolos, alla ge vi amō, tas gar sfragias mu tau apostolau vis avō en kurio.Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.