a delegate, messenger, one sent forth with orders

1. specifically applied to the twelve apostles of Christ

2. in a broader sense applied to other eminent Christian teachers

   1. of Barnabas

   2. of Timothy and Silvanus

a teacher

in the NT one who teaches concerning the things of God, and the duties of man

1. one who is fitted to teach, or thinks himself so

2. the teachers of the Jewish religion

3. of those who by their great power as teachers draw crowds around them i.e. John the Baptist, Jesus

4. by preeminence used of Jesus by himself, as one who showed men the way of salvation

5. of the apostles, and of Paul

6. of those who in the religious assemblies of the Christians, undertook the work of teaching, with the special assistance of the Holy Spirit

7. of false teachers among Christians

strength power, ability

1. inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature, or which a person or thing exerts and puts forth

2. power for performing miracles

3. moral power and excellence of soul

4. the power and influence which belong to riches and wealth

5. power and resources arising from numbers

6. power consisting in or resting upon armies, forces, hosts

no, not lest

individually

1. each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything

collectively

1. some of all types

in Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things

one who, moved by the Spirit of God and hence his organ or spokesman, solemnly declares to men what he has received by inspiration, especially concerning future events, and in particular such as relate to the cause and kingdom of God and to human salvation

1. the OT prophets, having foretold the kingdom, deeds and death, of Jesus the Messiah.

2. of John the Baptist, the herald of Jesus the Messiah

3. of the illustrious prophet, the Jews expected before the advent of the Messiah

4. the Messiah

5. of men filled with the Spirit of God, who by God's authority and command in words of weight pleads the cause of God and urges salvation of men

6. of prophets that appeared in the apostolic age among Christians

   1. they are associated with the apostles

   2. they discerned and did what is best for the Christian cause, foretelling certain future events. (Acts 11:27)

   3. in the religious assemblies of the Christians, they were moved by the Holy Spirit to speak, having power to instruct, comfort, encourage, rebuke, convict, and stimulate, their hearers

a poet (because poets were believed to sing under divine inspiration)

1. of Epimenides (Tit. 1:12)