[lit. hon. + representative]
Biblical: an honorific term for any representative (AMD): 1) an apostle, a representative of Jesus Christ: sku tshab bcu gnyis kyi mtshan/ the names of the twelve apostles (Mt. 10:2), sku tshab dang lung ston pa rnams/ apostles and prophets (Eph. 2:20); 2) used in a special sense of Jesus: sku tshab dang bla chen ye shu/ the Apostle and high priest Jesus (Heb. 3:1); 3) sku tshab/ a term used by the Apostle Paul as a metaphor for his apostolic office lcags sgrog gis bcings pa'i sku tshab/ an ambassador in chains (Eph. 6:20).
Buddhist: see ambassador.
Cognates: 1) rgyal tshab/ regent, crown prince; 2) tshab/ in place of: sbyin bdag gi tshab byas so/ [I] acted in place of the owner (DPD); 3) a substitute: pha tshab ma tshab/ houseparents, foster parents (DPD).
[lit. messenger, see pho nya/ ]
Biblical: 1) an apostle: mi sna'i las tshan du bos/ called to be an apostle (Rom. 1:1 SV); 2) title used in 1903 NT for the Book of Acts.
Secular: personnel, class of people sman bcos mi sna rnams/ medical workers (BFT 20), bod kyi gso rig ched gnyer mi sna ,800/ eight hundred specialists in Tibetan medicine (TMB 25), mi sna gsar pa/ new personnel (SLR 10), gtsang sbra'i mi sna/ sanitation workers (SLR 15), gtso 'dzin mi sna/ a leading figure (SBC-1, 61).