Apostle

See also: apostle

English

Apostles

Etymology

A proprialization of apostle.

Noun

Apostle (plural Apostles)

1. (Christianity) Any of the group of twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to preach and spread the Gospel.

   Synonym: Disciple

2. A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve-seat Mormon administrative council.

Derived terms

• Apostle Islands
• Apostles' Creed

Related terms

• apostleship

Translations

any of the group of twelve disciples

• Aghwan: 𐕆𐔴𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔰𐔺𐕒 (hebiyayo)
• Albanian: apóstull (sq) m, apóstulli m
• Arabic: رَسُول (ar) m (rasūl)
• Armenian: առաքյալ (hy) (aṙakʻyal)
• Azerbaijani: həvari (az)
• Catalan: apòstol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使徒 (zh) (shǐtú)

• Czech: apoštol (cs) m
• Danish: apostel c
• Finnish: opetuslapsi, apostoli (fi)
• French: apôtre (fr) m
• Galician: apóstolo (gl) m
• German: Apostel (de) m
• Greek: απόστολος (el) m (apóstolos)

  Ancient: ἀπόστολος m (apóstolos)

• Hungarian: apostol (hu)
• Indonesian: rasul (id)
• Irish: aspal m
• Kazakh: елші (elşı)
• Latin: apostolus m
• Maore Comorian: Muv̄ingizi Risala class 1/6
• Ngazidja Comorian: Swahaba class 5/6
• Ottoman Turkish: پیغامبر (peygamber), رسول (resul)
• Persian: حواریون (fa) pl (havâriyyun) (plural only)
• Plautdietsch: Apostel m
• Polish: apostoł (pl) m
• Portuguese: apóstolo (pt) m
• Russian: апо́стол (ru) m (apóstol)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: pósoł m

• Spanish: apóstol (es) m
• Swahili: mtume (sw) class 3/4
• Swedish: apostel (sv) c
• Turkish: havari (tr)
• Ukrainian: апо́стол (uk) m (apóstol)
• Urdu: نبی (ur) m (nabī), رسول (ur) m (rasūl), رسل (ur) m pl (rusul), حواری (ur) m (ḥavārī) (in the plural form only)
• Vietnamese: sứ đồ (vi) (Protestantism), tông đồ (vi) (Roman Catholicism)
• Volapük: paostolan (vo)
• Walloon: Apoisse (wa)
• Welsh: apostol (cy)

top-ranking Mormon

• Arabic: رَسُول (ar) (rasūl)
• Finnish: apostoli (fi)
• Spanish: apóstol (es)

Proper noun

Apostle

1. A transliteration of the Greek male given name Απόστολος (Apóstolos). A rare transcription; usually transliterated as Apostolos.

Anagrams

• ale post, alepots, eoplast, posetal