ἀπόστολος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀποστέλλω "I send off" from ἀπό "from" and στέλλω "I set".

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [apóstolos]
• (Koine): IPA: [apˈo̞sto̞lo̞s]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [apˈostolos]

Noun

ἀπόστολος (genitive ἀποστόλου) m, second declension; (apostolos)

1. one who is sent
2. messenger, envoy, ambassador
3. (biblical) apostle

Inflection

Second declension of ἀπόστολος, ἀποστόλου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀπόστολος	τώ ἀποστόλω	οἱ ἀπόστολοι
Genitive	τοῦ ἀποστόλου	τοῖν ἀποστόλοιν	τῶν ἀποστόλων
Dative	τῷ ἀποστόλῳ	τοῖν ἀποστόλοιν	τοῖς ἀποστόλοις
Accusative	τόν ἀπόστολον	τώ ἀποστόλω	τούς ἀποστόλους
Vocative	ἀπόστολε	ἀποστόλω	ἀπόστολοι

Descendants

• English: apostle
• Italian: apostolo
• Latin: apostolus
• Russian: апостол (apóstol)

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G652