Quick Definition
ἀποστολή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. commission, duty of apostle, apostleship
Strong's Definition
from 649; commission, i.e. (specially) apostolate
KJV Usage: apostleship
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀποστολή apostolē 4x
a sending, expedition; office or duty of one sent as a messenger or agent; office of an apostle, apostleship, Acts 1:25; Rom. 1:5; 1 Cor. 9:2; Gal. 2:8*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-στολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ἀποστέλλω), [in LXX: De 22:7, III Ki 4:34 9:16, Ps 77 (78):49, Ec 8:8, Ca 4:13 (for שׁלח and its cognates), I Es 9:51, 54, Je 39 (32):36, Ba 2:25, I Mac 2:18, II Mac 3:2*.]
In cl., a sending away (MM, s.v.), as, an expedition (Hdt.).
In LXX discharge, dismissal (Ec 8:8);
a gift (III Ki 9:16, I Mac 2:13).
In NT, the office of an Apostle of Christ, apostleship: Ac 1:25, Ro 1:5, I Co 9:2, Ga 2:8 (Cremer, 530).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀποστολή. P Tebt I. 112®(an account—B.c. 112) ὄψου εἰς ἀποστολὴν Μουσαίωι ρξ, P Oxy IV. 73612 (c. A.D. 1) μύρου eis ἀποστολὴν ταφῆς θυγατρὸς Φνᾶς, ‘perfume for the despatch of the mummy of the daughter of Phna;” and from the inscriptions δον. 92429 (end of iii/B.c.) ἐπὶ] Tat ἀποστολᾶι τοῦ ἀνδρός, 7). 92G% (?B.c. 139), 7. 210% (iii/B.C.) τῶν χρημάτων συναγωγῆς te kal ἀποστίολῆς. It is thus the nomen actionts of ἀποστέλλω.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀποστολή (apostolē) — apostleship. ἀποστολ-ή, ἡ, (ἀποστέλλω) sending off or away, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dispatching, νεῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; sending forth on their journey, ξένων ὑποδοχὰς καὶ ἀ.[Refs 4th c.BC+]as a parting gift, [LXX]
2. shooting, discharge, βέλους[Refs 3rd c.BC+]
3. discharge from service, οὐκ ἔστιν ἀ. ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πολέμου[LXX]
4. payment of tribute, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
II. (from passive) expedition, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. apostleship, [NT]