Apostle

//əˈpɑsl̩//

Synonyms for "apostle" (53 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

disciple aaronic priesthood ambrose of milan ante-nicene fathers apostelic father athanasius barnabas basil bishop

Noun(2 words)

Strong matches (16)

clement of alexandria clement of rome colporteur convert converter cyprian of carthage cyril of jerusalem deacon elder evangelist father follower gregory of nyssa hermas high priest ignatius

Related words (26)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

5 entries

Christian adherent believer disciple truster

Synonyms

2 entries

apostelic father disciple

Related terms

2 entries

apostleship apostolado

derived

13 entries

Apostle Islands Apostles' Creed apostle mistletoe apostle spoon apostlebird apostlehood apostleship apostless apostolate apostolic apostolicity apostolize pseudoapostle

etymologically related_to

1 entries

apostil

has context

4 entries

cambridge legal new testament slang

is a

4 entries

believer christian disciple film

related to

21 entries

advocate apostolos appeal appeal court christian church church of jesus christ of latter day saints degree disciple ecclesiastical gospel jesus letter dismissory mission missionary note

Showing 16 of 21 words.

Translations

139 translations across 75 languages.

Aghwan

2 entries

𐕆𐔴𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔰𐔺𐕒 noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
𐕆𐔴𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔰𐔺𐕒 noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Albanian

2 entries

apóstull noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)
apóstulli noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἀπόστολος noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Arabic

4 entries

حَوَارِيّ noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)
رَسُول noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
رَسُول noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)
رَسُول noun (top-ranking Mormon)

Aramaic

1 entries

ܫܠܝܼܚܵܐ noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Armenian

2 entries

առաքյալ noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
առաքյալ noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Asturian

1 entries

apóstol noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

həvari noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
həvari noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Breton

1 entries

abostol noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Bulgarian

1 entries

апо́стол noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Burmese

1 entries

တမန်တော် noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Catalan

2 entries

apòstol noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
apòstol noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

使徒 noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
使徒 noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Coptic

1 entries

ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Cornish

1 entries

abostol noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Czech

2 entries

apoštol noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
apoštol noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Danish

2 entries

apostel noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
apostel noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Dari

1 entries

رَسُول noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Dutch

2 entries

apostel noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
zendeling noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Estonian

1 entries

apostel noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Finnish

4 entries

apostoli noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
apostoli noun (top-ranking Mormon church official)
apostoli noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)
apostoli noun (top-ranking Mormon)

French

4 entries

apôtre noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
apôtre noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
apôtre noun (top-ranking Mormon church official)
apôtre noun (top-ranking Mormon church official)

Friulian

1 entries

apuestul noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Galician

3 entries

apóstolo noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
apóstolo noun (top-ranking Mormon church official)
apóstolo noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Georgian

1 entries

მოციქული noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

German

4 entries

Apostel noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
Apostel noun (top-ranking Mormon church official)
Apostel noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)
Apostelin noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Greek

2 entries

απόστολος noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
απόστολος noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Hebrew

2 entries

שְׁלִיחָה noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
שָׁלִיחַ noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Hungarian

2 entries

apostol noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
apostol noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Indonesian

2 entries

rasul noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
rasul noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

رَسول noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Irish

2 entries

aspal noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
aspal noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Italian

1 entries

apostolo noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Japanese

1 entries

使徒 noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Kazakh

2 entries

елші noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
елші noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Korean

1 entries

사도 noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

элчи noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Lao

1 entries

ອັກຄະສາວົກ noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Latin

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apostolus noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

pósoł noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
pósoł noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Luxembourgish

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Apostel noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Macedonian

1 entries

апостол noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Malayalam

1 entries

ശ്ലീഹാ noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠠᡦᠣᠰᡨᠣᠯ noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Manx

1 entries

ostyl noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Maore Comorian

1 entries

Muv̄ingizi Risala class 1/6 noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Māori

1 entries

āpotoro noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

Swahaba noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Norman

1 entries

apôtre noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries

апостолъ noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Old English

1 entries

apostol noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Old French

2 entries

apostle noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
apostre noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

رسول noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)
پیغامبر noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
پیغامبر noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Pashto

1 entries

رسول noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Persian

1 entries

حواریون noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Apostel noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Polish

3 entries

apostoł noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
apostoł noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)
apostołka noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Portuguese

3 entries

apóstolo noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
apóstolo noun (top-ranking Mormon church official)
apóstolo noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Russian

2 entries

апо́стол noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
апо́стол noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

abstol noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Spanish

4 entries

apóstol noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
apóstol noun (top-ranking Mormon church official)
apóstol noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)
apóstol noun (top-ranking Mormon)

Swahili

2 entries

mtume noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
mtume noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Swedish

2 entries

apostel noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
apostel noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Tagalog

1 entries

alagad noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Tajik

1 entries

расул noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Thai

1 entries

อัครสาวก noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Turkish

3 entries

havari noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
havari noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)
havaryun noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Ukrainian

1 entries

апо́стол noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Urdu

4 entries

حواری noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)
رسل noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)
رسول noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)
رَسُول noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Uzbek

2 entries

havoriy noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
rasul noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Vietnamese

4 entries

sứ đồ noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
sứ đồ noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)
tông đồ noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
tông đồ noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Volapük

3 entries

paostolan noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
paostolan noun (top-ranking Mormon church official)
paostolan noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Walloon

3 entries

Apoisse noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)
apoisse noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
apôte noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Welsh

2 entries

apostol noun (missionary or leader of a mission)
apostol noun (any of the group of twelve disciples)

Yiddish

1 entries

אַפּאָסטאָל noun (missionary or leader of a mission)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of nonviolence, was born in 1869.

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He came to the Irish with all the signs of an apostle, and when the people asked him to explain the Blessed Trinity, he reached down to the ground and picked up a shamrock.

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When the apostle Paul wrote about destroying God's temple, he had a lot of history running through his mind.

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The St. James's Way is a pilgrimage route to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain, where allegedly the remains of the apostle St. James are buried.

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