ἀπόστολος

See also: απόστολος and Απόστολος

Ancient Greek

From ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō, “I send off”), from ἀπό- (apó-, “from”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “I sent”).

ᾰ̓πόστολος • (apóstolos) m (genitive ᾰ̓ποστόλου); second declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓πόστολος ho apóstolos	τὼ ᾰ̓ποστόλω tṑ apostólō	οἱ ᾰ̓πόστολοι hoi apóstoloi
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓ποστόλου toû apostólou	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποστόλοιν toîn apostóloin	τῶν ᾰ̓ποστόλων tôn apostólōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓ποστόλῳ tôi apostólōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποστόλοιν toîn apostóloin	τοῖς ᾰ̓ποστόλοις toîs apostólois
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓πόστολον tòn apóstolon	τὼ ᾰ̓ποστόλω tṑ apostólō	τοὺς ᾰ̓ποστόλους toùs apostólous
Vocative	ᾰ̓πόστολε apóstole	ᾰ̓ποστόλω apostólō	ᾰ̓πόστολοι apóstoloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

→ Coptic: ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ (apostolos)
→ Gothic: 𐌰𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌿𐍃 (apaustaulus)
→ Hawaiian: ʻapokekolo
Greek: απόστολος (apóstolos)
→ Latin: apostolus
- Asturian: apóstol
- Breton: abostol
- Catalan: apòstol
- Cornish: abostol
- English: apostle
- Friulian: apuestul
- Galician: apóstolo
- Italian: apostolo
- → Middle Dutch: apostel
  - Dutch: apostel
- → Old English: apostol, postol (apheresis)
  - Middle English: apostol, apostel
- Old French: apostle
  - French: apôtre
    - Haitian Creole: apòt
  - Norman: apôtre
- → Old Frisian: apostol
  - West Frisian: apostel
  - → Old Norse: postuli, postoli
    - Icelandic: postuli
- → Old High German: apostolo
  - German: Apostel
- Old Irish: apstal
  - Irish: aspal
  - Manx: ostyl
  - Scottish Gaelic: abstol, ostal
- → Old Polish: apostoł
  - → Polish: apostoł
- Portuguese: apóstolo
- Sicilian: apòstulu
- Spanish: apóstol
- Welsh: abostol, abostl
→ Lingala: apɔ́stɔlɔ
→ Old Church Slavonic: апостолъ (apostolŭ)
- → Romanian: apostol
- → Russian: апо́стол (apóstol)
- → Ukrainian: апо́стол (apóstol)
→ Aghwan: 𐕆𐔴𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔰𐔺𐕒 (hebiyayo) (calque)
→ Old Armenian: առաքեալ (aṙakʻeal) (calque)