I
1. ending off or away, E. IA 688, Ph. 1043 (lyr., pl.); dispatching,
2. shooting, discharge,
3. discharge from service,
4. payment of tribute, Jul. 204.
II (from Pass.)
1. expedition, Th. 8.8.
a sending, expedition; office or duty of one sent as a messenger or agent; office of an apostle, apostleship, Act 1:25; Rom 1:5; 1Co 9:2; Gal 2:8
G651 —
1. a sending away:
2. a sending away i. e. dismission, release: the Sept. Ecc 8:8.
3. a thing sent, esp of gifts: 1Ki 9:16 (Alex.); 1 Macc. 2:18 etc. cf. Grimm at the passage
4. in the N. T. the office and dignity of the apostles of Christ (Vulg.apostolatus), apostolate, apostleship: Act 1:25; Rom 1:5; 1Co 9:2; Gal 2:8.
ἀπο - στολή , - ῆς , ἡ
( < ἀποστέλλω ),
[in LXX : Deu 22:7, 1Ki 4:34; 1Ki 9:16 Psa 78:49, Ecc 8:8, Son 4:13 (for H7971 and its cognates), 1Es 9:51 ; 1Es 9:54 , Jer 32:36, Bar 2:25 , 1Ma 2:18 , 2Ma 3:2 * .]
1. In cl ., a sending away ( MM , s.v. ), as, an expedition ( Hdt .).
2. In LXX
(a) discharge, dis-missal (Ecc 8:8);
(b) a gift (1Ki 9:16, 1Ma 2:13).
3. In NT, the office of an Apostle of Christ, apostleship: Act 1:25, Rom 1:5 , 1Co 9:2, Gal 2:8 ( Cremer , 530). †