ἀποστολή

ἀπο-στολή, -ῆς, ἡ

(ἀποστέλλω), [in LXX: 5 Mos 22,7, 1 Kong 4,34; 9,16 Sl 78,49, Praed 8,8, Hoj 4,13 (for שָׁלַח and its cognates), 1Es 9,51 Est 9,54, Jer 32,36, Bar 2,25, 1Ma 2,18, 2Ma 3,2 *.]

1. In cl., a sending away (MM, see word), as, an expedition (Hdt.).

2. In LXX

(a) discharge, dis­missal (Praed 8,8);

(b) a gift (3Ki 9,16, 1Ma 2,13).

3. In NT, the office of an Apostle of Christ, apostleship: ApG 1,25, Rom 1,5, 1 Kor 9,2, Gal 2,8 (Cremer, 530).†