ἀπόστολος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /apóstolos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /apóstolos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /apóstolos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /apóstolos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /apóstolos/

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	τὼ ἀποστόλω	οἱ ἀπόστολοι
Genitive	τοῦ ἀποστόλου	τοῖν ἀποστόλοιν	τῶν ἀποστόλων
Dative	τῷ ἀποστόλῳ	τοῖν ἀποστόλοιν	τοῖς ἀποστόλοις
Accusative	τὸν ἀπόστολον	τὼ ἀποστόλω	τοὺς ἀποστόλους
Vocative	ἀπόστολε	ἀποστόλω	ἀπόστολοι

Descendants

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

References

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