- Transliteration: Apostolos

- Phonetic: ap-os'-tol-os

- Definition:

1. a delegate, messenger, one sent forth with orders

a. specifically applied to the twelve apostles of Christ

b. in a broader sense applied to other eminent Christian teachers

1. of Barnabas

2. of Timothy and Silvanus

- Origin: from G649" class="dictionary-topic-link">G649

- TDNT entry: 07:47,7

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: From G649" class="dictionary-topic-link">G649; a delegate; specifically an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of christ (apostle) (with miraculous powers): - apostle messenger he that is sent.