Apollos is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Apollos meaning
plural of apollo
Using Apollos
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of apollo
- In the example corpus, apollos often appears in combinations such as: apollos and.
Context around Apollos
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Apollos
- In this selection, "apollos" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, understanding, orlando, mentions, became, favored and respectively stand out and add context to how "apollos" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ad mentions apollos as an and apollos is mentioned. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "apollos" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with apollos
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Orlando Apollos already are moving. (6 words)
Armed with corrected understanding, Apollos became a powerful minister. (9 words)
Apollos is mentioned one more time in the New Testament. (10 words)
Paul's Epistle refers to a schism between four parties in the Corinthian church, of which two attached themselves to Paul and Apollos respectively, using their names (the third and fourth were Peter, identified as Cephas, and Jesus Christ himself). (40 words)
Of those winners, the Apollos and Commanders will be facing each other on Sunday, so one of them will certainly move to 1-1 while the other notches a 2-0 start to their season. (35 words)
This came about because Mission Control personnel watching the video feeds of Apollos 11 and 12 had trouble distinguishing the astronauts while both had their helmet sunshades down. (28 words)
Example sentences (10)
Armed with corrected understanding, Apollos became a powerful minister.
Of those winners, the Apollos and Commanders will be facing each other on Sunday, so one of them will certainly move to 1-1 while the other notches a 2-0 start to their season.
The Orlando Apollos already are moving.
Apollos is mentioned one more time in the New Testament.
Knox, Enthusiasm, p. 13) There is no indication that Apollos favored or approved an overestimation of his person.
Other than this, there are no known surviving texts attributed to Apollos.
Paul's Epistle refers to a schism between four parties in the Corinthian church, of which two attached themselves to Paul and Apollos respectively, using their names (the third and fourth were Peter, identified as Cephas, and Jesus Christ himself).
Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians (55 AD) mentions Apollos as an important figure at Corinth.
Ronald Knox assumes, the parties were actually two, one claiming to follow Paul, the other claiming to follow Apollos.
This came about because Mission Control personnel watching the video feeds of Apollos 11 and 12 had trouble distinguishing the astronauts while both had their helmet sunshades down.
Common combinations with apollos
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: