delegate

, (Dem.). a fleet an expedition , (Hdt., LXX, , and ; v. M, , 37 f.; MM, s.v.; M, , i, 2:7 and reff.): , , . a messenger one sent on a mission III Ki 14:6 Jo 13:16 II Co 8:23 Phl 2:25 π. Pr. Th. In NT, of Christ an Apostle with special ref. to the Twelve: , , , , , al., equality with whom is claimed by St. Paul, , ff, , a1.; Mt 10:2 Mk 3:14 Lk 11:49 Eph 3:5 Re 18:20 Ga 1:1 11 I Ti 2:7 in a wider sense of prominent Christian teachers, as Barnabas, , apparently also Silvanus and Timothy, , and perhaps Andronicus and Junias (Junia?), (v. , in l.); of false teachers, claiming apostleship: , , . (On the different uses of the term in NT, v. Lft., , 92-101; Cremer, 530; , i, 126; , i, 105; , ii, 196 ff.) Ac 14:14 I Th 2:6 Ro 16:7 II Co 11:5 13 Re 2:2 ICC Gal. DB DCG Enc. Br.

a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ ("apostle") (with miraculous powers)

apostle, messenger, he that is sent