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Koine Greek wordlink #120364

SR GNT 1Cor 15:9 ἀπόστολος (apostolos) ‘am worthy to_be_being called an ambassador because I persecuted the’ Strongs=6520 Lemma=apostolos
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular

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Other uses (17) of identical word form ἀπόστολος (N-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀπόστολος’ (N-NMS) has 2 different glosses: ‘an ambassador’, ‘ambassador’.

Yhn (Jhn) 13:16 ‘master of him nor an ambassador greater than the one having sent’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 13:16 word 14

Rom 1:1 ‘of chosen_one/messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) a called ambassador having_been set_apart for the good_message’ SR GNT Rom 1:1 word 7

Rom 11:13 ‘am I of the pagans an ambassador the service of me’ SR GNT Rom 11:13 word 16

1Cor 1:1 ‘Paulos a called ambassador of chosen_one/messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) by’ SR GNT 1Cor 1:1 word 3

1Cor 9:1 ‘free not I am an ambassador not Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) the’ SR GNT 1Cor 9:1 word 7

1Cor 9:2 ‘to others not I am an ambassador but surely to you_all’ SR GNT 1Cor 9:2 word 5

2Cor 1:1 ‘Paulos an ambassador of chosen_one/messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) by’ SR GNT 2Cor 1:1 word 2

Gal 1:1 ‘Paulos an ambassador not from humans’ SR GNT Gal 1:1 word 2

Eph 1:1 ‘Paulos an ambassador of chosen_one/messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) by’ SR GNT Eph 1:1 word 2

Col 1:1 ‘Paulos an ambassador of chosen_one/messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) by’ SR GNT Col 1:1 word 2

1Tim 1:1 ‘Paulos an ambassador of chosen_one/messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) according_to’ SR GNT 1Tim 1:1 word 2

1Tim 2:7 ‘I a proclaimer and an ambassador the truth I am speaking in’ SR GNT 1Tim 2:7 word 8

2Tim 1:1 ‘Paulos an ambassador of chosen_one/messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) by’ SR GNT 2Tim 1:1 word 2

2Tim 1:11 ‘I a proclaimer and an ambassador and a teacher’ SR GNT 2Tim 1:11 word 8

Tit 1:1 ‘Paulos a slave of god an ambassador and of Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen_one/messiah’ SR GNT Tit 1:1 word 4

1Pet 1:1 ‘Petros an ambassador of Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen_one/messiah to the chosen’ SR GNT 1Pet 1:1 word 2

2Pet 1:1 ‘Petros a slave and ambassador of Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen_one/messiah to the ones’ SR GNT 2Pet 1:1 word 6

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘apostolos’ have 3 different glosses: ‘an ambassador’, ‘ambassador’, ‘ambassadors’.

Greek words (3) other than ἀπόστολος (N-NMS) with a gloss related to ‘ambassador’

2COR 12:12 ἀποστόλου (apostolou) N-GMS ‘indeed signs of the ambassador was produced among you_all’ SR GNT 2Cor 12:12 word 5

PHP 2:25 ἀπόστολον (apostolon) N-AMS ‘of me of you_all and ambassador and minister of the’ SR GNT Php 2:25 word 14

HEB 3:1 ἀπόστολον (apostolon) N-AMS ‘partakers observe the ambassador and chief_priest of the’ SR GNT Heb 3:1 word 9

Key: N=noun AMS=accusative,masculine,singular GMS=genitive,masculine,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular