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“The word has also a wider reference. In Acts 14:4, 14, it is used of Barnabas as well
as of Paul; in Rom. 16:7 of Andronicus and Junias. In 2 Cor. 8:23 (
RV
, margin) two
unnamed brethren are called ‘apostles of the churches’; in Phil. 2:25 (
RV
, margin)
Epaphroditus is referred to as ‘your apostle.’ It is used in 1 Thess. 2:6 of Paul, Silas and
Timothy, to define their relation to Christ.”*
2.
(
)
, 651), “a sending, a mission,” signifies an apostleship, Acts
1:25; Rom. 1:5; 1 Cor. 9:2; Gal. 2:8.¶
: &
8 $
, “false apostles,” occurs in 2 Cor. 11:13.¶
APPAREL, APPARELLED
1.
(
# )
, 2066), and
(
# )
, 2067), connected with
$
, “to
clothe” means “clothing, raiment,” usually suggesting the ornate, the goodly. The former
is found in Luke 23:11,
RV
, “apparel” (
KJV
, “robe”); 24:4 (
KJV
, “garments”); Acts 10:30
(
KJV
, “clothing); 12:21; Jas. 2:2 (
RV
, clothing,” twice;
KJV
, “apparel” and “raiment”); 2:3
(“clothing”).
,
is used in Acts 1:10, “apparel.” See
CLOTHING
.¶
2.
(
, 1
, 2440), a diminutive of
, “a robe,” was used especially of
an outer cloak or mantle, and in general of raiment, “apparel” in 1 Pet. 3:3. The word is
not in the original in the next verse, but is supplied in English to complete the sentence.
See
CLOTHING
No. 2,
GARMENT
,
RAIMENT
,
ROBE
.
3.
(
,
, 2441), a collective word, is translated “apparelled” in Luke
7:25, and preceded by , “in,” lit., “in apparel.” See
CLOTHING
, No. 4,
RAIMENT
,
VESTURE
.
4.
(
)
, 2689), connected with
, “to send or let down, to
lower” (
, “down,”
, “to send”), was primarily a garment let down; hence,
“dress, attire,” in general (cf.
, a loose outer garment worn by kings and persons of
rank,—Eng., “stole”); 1 Tim. 2:9, “apparel.” See
CLOTHING
.¶
APPARITION
(
1
, 5326), “a phantasm or phantom” (from
, “to appear”),
is translated “apparition” in the
RV
of Matt. 14:26 and Mark 6:49 (
KJV
, “spirit”).¶ In the
Sept., Job 20:8; Isa. 28:7.¶
APPEAL
(
#
!
, 1941), “to call upon,” has the meaning “appeal” in the middle
voice, which carries with it the suggestion of a special interest on the part of the doer of
an action in that in which he is engaged. Stephen died “calling upon the Lord,” Acts 7:59.
In the more strictly legal sense the word is used only of Paul’s “appeal” to Caesar, Acts
25:11-12, 21, 25; 26:32; 28:19. See
CALL
(
UPON
),
SURNAME
. See also
, under
ANSWER
.
APPEAR, APPEARING