STRONG'S WORD STUDY

G649 — ἀποστέλλω

apostellō · to send · Greek

ἀπο-στέλλω, [in LXX very freq., almost always for שׁלח ;] prop., to send away, to dispatch on service; 1. to send with a commission, or on service; (a) of persons: Christ, Mat.10:40; the apostles, 10:16; servants, Mrk.12:2; angels, 13:27; (b) of things: ὄνος, Mat.21:3; τὸ δρέπανον, Mrk.4:29; τ. λόγον, Act.10:36; τ. ἐπαγγελίαν (i.e. the promised Holy Spirit), Luk.24:49, Rec.; before εἰς, Mat.20:2, Luk.11:49, Jhn.3:17; ὀπίσω, Luk.19:14; ἔμπροσθεν, Jhn.3:28; πρὸ προσώπου, Mat.11:10; πρός, Mat.21:34; with ref. to sender or place of departure: ἀπό, Luk.1:26 (Rec. ὑπό); παρά, Jhn.1:6; ἐκ, ib. 1:19; ὑπό, Act.10:17 (Rec. ἀπό); before inf., Mrk.3:14, al.; ἵνα, Mrk.12:2, al.; εἰς (of purpose), Heb.1:14; without direct obj.: before πρός, Jhn.5:33; λέγων, Jhn.11:3; ἀποστείλας, with indic., Mat.2:16, Act.7:14, Rev.1:1. 2. to send away, dismiss: Luk.4:18, Mrk.5:10 8:26 12:3 (cf. ἐξ-, συν-αποστέλλω). SYN.: πέμπω, the general term. ἀ. "suggests official or authoritative sending" (see Thayer, see word πέμπω; Westc., Jo., 298; Epp. Jo., 125; Cremer, 529; MM, see word). (AS)

KJV BSB WEB ASV YLT

129 tagged verse occurrences

Matthew 2:16 · ἀποστείλαςThen Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.Matthew 8:31 · ἀπόστειλονThe demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.”Matthew 10:5 · ἀπέστειλενJesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, “Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans.Matthew 10:16 · ἀποστέλλω“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.Matthew 10:40 · ἀποστείλαντάHe who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.Matthew 11:10 · ἀποστέλλωFor this is he, of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’Matthew 13:41 · ἀποστελεῖThe Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,Matthew 14:35 · ἀπέστειλανWhen the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all that surrounding region, and brought to him all who were sick,Matthew 15:24 · ἀπεστάληνBut he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”Matthew 20:2 · ἀπέστειλενWhen he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.Matthew 21:1 · ἀπέστειλενWhen they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,Matthew 21:3 · ἀποστελεῖIf anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”Matthew 21:34 · ἀπέστειλενWhen the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit.Matthew 21:36 · ἀπέστειλενAgain, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.Matthew 21:37 · ἀπέστειλενBut afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’Matthew 22:3 · ἀπέστειλενand sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.Matthew 22:4 · ἀπέστειλενAgain he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!”’Matthew 22:16 · ἀποστέλλουσινThey sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone.Matthew 23:34 · ἀποστέλλωTherefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;Matthew 23:37 · ἀπεσταλμένους“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!Matthew 24:31 · ἀποστελεῖHe will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.Matthew 27:19 · ἀπέστειλενWhile he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.”Mark 1:2 · ἀποστέλλωAs it is written in the prophets, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.Mark 3:14 · ἀποστέλλῃHe appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,Mark 3:31 · ἀπέστειλανHis mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.Mark 4:29 · ἀποστέλλειBut when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest has come.”Mark 5:10 · ἀποστείλῃHe begged him much that he would not send them away out of the country.Mark 6:7 · ἀποστέλλεινHe called to himself the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits.Mark 6:17 · ἀποστείλαςFor Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had married her.Mark 6:27 · ἀποστείλαςImmediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John’s head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,Mark 8:26 · ἀπέστειλενHe sent him away to his house, saying, “Don’t enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village.”Mark 9:37 · ἀποστείλαντά“Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn’t receive me, but him who sent me.”Mark 11:1 · ἀποστέλλειWhen they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,Mark 11:3 · ἀποστέλλειIf anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs him;’ and immediately he will send him back here.”Mark 12:2 · ἀπέστειλενWhen it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.Mark 12:3 · ἀπέστειλανThey took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.Mark 12:4 · ἀπέστειλενAgain, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.Mark 12:5 · ἀπέστειλεν·Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and killing some.Mark 12:6 · ἀπέστειλενTherefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’Mark 12:13 · ἀποστέλλουσινThey sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.Mark 13:27 · ἀποστελεῖThen he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.Mark 14:13 · ἀποστέλλειHe sent two of his disciples, and said to them, “Go into the city, and there you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,Luke 1:19 · ἀπεστάληνThe angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.Luke 1:26 · ἀπεστάληNow in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,Luke 4:18 · ἀπέσταλκέν · ἀποστεῖλαι“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,Luke 4:43 · ἀπεστάλην.But he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other cities also. For this reason I have been sent.”Luke 7:3 · ἀπέστειλενWhen he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save his servant.Luke 7:20 · ἀπέστειλενWhen the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?’”Luke 7:27 · ἀποστέλλωThis is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’Luke 9:2 · ἀπέστειλενHe sent them forth to preach the Kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.Luke 9:48 · ἀποστείλαντάand said to them, “Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great.”Luke 9:52 · ἀπέστειλενand sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.Luke 10:1 · ἀπέστειλενNow after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place, where he was about to come.Luke 10:3 · ἀποστέλλωGo your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.Luke 10:16 · ἀποστείλαντάWhoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”Luke 11:49 · ἀποστελῶTherefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,Luke 13:34 · ἀπεσταλμένους“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!Luke 14:17 · ἀπέστειλενHe sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’Luke 14:32 · ἀποστείλαςOr else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.Luke 19:14 · ἀπέστειλανBut his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’Luke 19:29 · ἀπέστειλενIt happened, when he drew near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,Luke 19:32 · ἀπεσταλμένοιThose who were sent went away, and found things just as he had told them.Luke 20:10 · ἀπέστειλενAt the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty.Luke 20:20 · ἀπέστειλανThey watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.Luke 22:8 · ἀπέστειλενHe sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.”Luke 22:35 · ἀπέστειλαHe said to them, “When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.”John 1:6 · ἀπεσταλμένοςThere came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.John 1:19 · ἀπέστειλανThis is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”John 1:24 · ἀπεσταλμένοιThe ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.John 3:17 · ἀπέστειλενFor God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.John 3:28 · ἀπεσταλμένοςYou yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’John 3:34 · ἀπέστειλενFor he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.John 4:38 · ἀπέστειλαI sent you to reap that for which you haven’t labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”John 5:33 · ἀπεστάλκατεYou have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.John 5:36 · ἀπέσταλκεν.But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.John 5:38 · ἀπέστειλενYou don’t have his word living in you; because you don’t believe him whom he sent.John 6:29 · ἀπέστειλενJesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”John 6:57 · ἀπέστειλένAs the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.John 7:29 · ἀπέστειλεν.I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”John 7:32 · ἀπέστειλανThe Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.John 8:42 · ἀπέστειλεν.Therefore Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me.John 9:7 · ἀπεσταλμένος.and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.John 10:36 · ἀπέστειλενdo you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’John 11:3 · ἀπέστειλανThe sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”John 11:42 · ἀπέστειλας.I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude that stands around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me.”John 17:3 · ἀπέστειλαςThis is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.John 17:8 · ἀπέστειλας.¶for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came forth from you, and they have believed that you sent me.John 17:18 · ἀπέστειλας · ἀπέστειλαAs you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world.John 17:21 · ἀπέστειλας.that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.John 17:23 · ἀπέστειλαςI in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me, and loved them, even as you loved me.John 17:25 · ἀπέστειλας·Righteous Father, the world hasn’t known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.John 18:24 · ἈπέστειλενAnnas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.John 20:21 · ἀπέσταλκένJesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”Acts 3:20 · ἀποστείλῃand that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you before,Acts 3:26 · ἀπέστειλενGod, having raised up his servant, Jesus, sent him to you first, to bless you, in turning away everyone of you from your wickedness.”Acts 5:21 · ἀπέστειλανWhen they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.Acts 7:14 · ἀποστείλαςJoseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.Acts 7:34 · ἀποστείλωI have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.’Acts 7:35 · ἀπέσταλκεν“This Moses, whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.Acts 8:14 · ἀπέστειλανNow when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,Acts 9:17 · ἀπέσταλκένAnanias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”Acts 9:38 · ἀπέστειλανAs Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him not to delay in coming to them.Acts 10:8 · ἀπέστειλενHaving explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.Acts 10:17 · ἀπεσταλμένοιNow while Peter was very perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon’s house, stood before the gate,Acts 10:20 · ἀπέσταλκαBut arise, get down, and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them.”Acts 10:36 · ἀπέστειλενThe word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all—Acts 11:11 · ἀπεσταλμένοιBehold, immediately three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.Acts 11:13 · ἀπόστειλονHe told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying to him, ‘Send to Joppa, and get Simon, whose surname is Peter,Acts 11:30 · ἀποστείλαντεςwhich they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.Acts 13:15 · ἀπέστειλανAfter the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.”Acts 15:27 · ἀπεστάλκαμενWe have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.Acts 15:33 · ἀποστείλανταςAfter they had spent some time there, they were sent back with greetings from the brothers to the apostles.Acts 16:35 · ἀπέστειλανBut when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, “Let those men go.”Acts 16:36 · ἀπέσταλκανThe jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out, and go in peace.”Acts 19:22 · ἀποστείλαςHaving sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.Acts 26:17 · ἀποστέλλωdelivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,Acts 28:28 · ἀπεστάλη“Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations. They will also listen.”Romans 10:15 · ἀποσταλῶσιν;And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”1 Corinthians 1:17 · ἀπέστειλένFor Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void.2 Corinthians 12:17 · ἀπέσταλκαDid I take advantage of you by anyone of them whom I have sent to you?2 Timothy 4:12 · ἀπέστειλαBut I sent Tychicus to Ephesus.Hebrews 1:14 · ἀποστελλόμεναAren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?1 Peter 1:12 · ἀποσταλέντιTo them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they ministered these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.1 John 4:9 · ἀπέσταλκενBy this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.1 John 4:10 · ἀπέστειλενIn this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.1 John 4:14 · ἀπέσταλκενWe have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.Revelation 1:1 · ἀποστείλαςThis is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,Revelation 5:6 · ἀπεσταλμένοιI saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.Revelation 22:6 · ἀπέστειλενHe said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his bondservants the things which must happen soon.”