ῆς (ἡ) :
   I act. :
      1 éloignement, EUR. I.A. 688 ;
      2 mission, EUR. Ph. 1043, etc. ;
      3 envoi d’une flotte, THC. 8, 9 ;
      4 envoi d’un tribut, tribut, JUL. 397 c ;
      5 action de lancer (des traits), PHIL. BYZ. Bel. 69 ;
   II pass. :
      1 départ (de troupes), THC. 8, 8 ;
      2 apostolat, SPT. 1Reg. 9, 16 ; 1 Macc. 2, 18 ; 2 Macc. 3, 2 ; NT. Ap. 1, 25 ; Rom. 1, 5.

Étym. ἀποστέλλω.

ἡ, (< ἀποστέλλω) sending off or away, E. IA 688, Ph. 1043 (lyr., pl.); dispatching, νεῶν Th. 8.9; sending forth on their journey, ξένων ὑποδοχὰς καὶ ἀ. Arist. EN 1123a3, cf. IG 2.238.15; δοῦναί τι ἀποστολάς τινι as a parting gift, LXX 3 Ki. 9.16, cf. 1 Ma. 2.18.
shooting, discharge, βέλους Ph. Bel. 68.33.
discharge from service, οὐκ ἔστιν ἀ. ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πολέμου LXX Ec. 8.8.
payment of tribute, Jul. Ep. 204. (from Pass.) expedition, Th. 8.8.
apostleship, 1 Ep. Cor. 9.2, Ep. Gal. 2.8.

ἡ, die Absendung, Plut. Timol. 1 ; bes. der Flotte, Thuc. 8.8 ; Abreise, Pol. 26.7.1 ; NT, das Apostelamt.

ἀπο-στολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ἀποστέλλω), [in LXX: Deu.22:7, 3Ki.4:34 9:16 Psa.78:49, Ecc.8:8, Sng.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 (Ecc.8:8);
__(b) a gift (3Ki.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).†
(AS)