ἀποστολ-ή, ἡ,
(ἀποστέλλω) sending off or away, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 688, “Ph.” 1043(Lyric poetry, _plural_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; dispatching, νεῶν[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.9] Refs 5th c.BC+]; sending forth on their journey, ξένων ὑποδοχὰς καὶ ἀ.[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1123a3, compare “IG” 2.238.15; δοῦναί τι ἀποστολάς τινι ] Refs 4th c.BC+]as a parting gift, [[ LXX.3Ki.9.16, cf. LXX.1Mac.2.18. ] LXX]
__2 shooting, discharge, βέλους[[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 68.33. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__3 discharge from service, οὐκ ἔστιν ἀ. ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πολέμου[[ LXX.Eccl.8.8. ] LXX]
__4 payment of tribute, [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Epistulae” 204. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II (from passive) expedition, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 apostleship, [[ NT.1Cor.9.2, NT.Gal.2.8.] NT]