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)
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G649 — ἀποστέλλω
apostellō · to send · Greek
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Matthew 2:16 · ἀποστείλαςThen Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the mages, was very wroth, and having sent forth, he slew all the male children in Beth-Lehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time that he inquired exactly from the mages.Matthew 8:31 · ἀπόστειλονand the demons were calling on him, saying, ‘If thou dost cast us forth, permit us to go away to the herd of the swine;’Matthew 10:5 · ἀπέστειλενThese twelve did Jesus send forth, having given command to them, saying, ‘To the way of the nations go not away, and into a city of the Samaritans go not in,Matthew 10:16 · ἀποστέλλω‘Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.Matthew 10:40 · ἀποστείλαντά‘He who is receiving you doth receive me, and he who is receiving me doth receive Him who sent me,Matthew 11:10 · ἀποστέλλωfor this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.Matthew 13:41 · ἀποστελεῖthe Son of Man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather up out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing the unlawlessness,Matthew 14:35 · ἀπέστειλανand having recognized him, the men of that place sent forth to all that region round about, and they brought to him all who were ill,Matthew 15:24 · ἀπεστάληνand he answering said, ‘I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.’Matthew 20:2 · ἀπέστειλενand having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard.Matthew 21:1 · ἀπέστειλενAnd when they came nigh to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, unto the mount of the Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,Matthew 21:3 · ἀποστελεῖand if any one may say anything to you, ye shall say, that the lord hath need of them, and immediately he will send them.’Matthew 21:34 · ἀπέστειλεν‘And when the season of the fruits came nigh, he sent his servants unto the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it,Matthew 21:36 · ἀπέστειλεν‘Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they did to them in the same manner.Matthew 21:37 · ἀπέστειλεν‘And at last he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son;Matthew 22:3 · ἀπέστειλενand he sent forth his servants to call those having been called to the marriage-feasts, and they were not willing to come.Matthew 22:4 · ἀπέστειλενAgain he sent forth other servants, saying, Say to those who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the fatlings have been killed, and all things are ready, come ye to the marriage-feasts;Matthew 22:16 · ἀποστέλλουσινand they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, ‘Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and the way of God in truth thou dost teach, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men;Matthew 23:34 · ἀποστέλλω‘Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them ye will kill and crucify, and of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from city to city;Matthew 23:37 · ἀπεσταλμένους‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that art killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto thee, how often did I will to gather thy children together, as a hen doth gather her own chickens under the wings, and ye did not will.Matthew 24:31 · ἀποστελεῖand he shall send his messengers with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens unto the ends thereof.Matthew 27:19 · ἀπέστειλενAnd as he is sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent unto him, saying, ‘Nothing—to thee and to that righteous one, for many things did I suffer to-day in a dream because of him.’Mark 1:2 · ἀποστέλλωAs it hath been written in the prophets, ‘Lo, I send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee,’—Mark 3:14 · ἀποστέλλῃand he appointed twelve, that they may be with him, and that he may send them forth to preach,Mark 3:31 · ἀπέστειλανThen come do his brethren and mother, and standing without, they sent unto him, calling him,Mark 4:29 · ἀποστέλλειand whenever the fruit may yield itself, immediately he doth send forth the sickle, because the harvest hath come.’Mark 5:10 · ἀποστείλῃand he was calling on him much, that he may not send them out of the region.Mark 6:7 · ἀποστέλλεινand he doth call near the twelve, and he began to send them forth two by two, and he was giving them power over the unclean spirits,Mark 6:17 · ἀποστείλαςFor Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her,Mark 6:27 · ἀποστείλαςand immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought,Mark 8:26 · ἀπέστειλενand he sent him away to his house, saying, ‘Neither to the village mayest thou go, nor tell it to any in the village.’Mark 9:37 · ἀποστείλαντά‘Whoever may receive one of such children in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth not receive me, but Him who sent me.’Mark 11:1 · ἀποστέλλειAnd when they come nigh to Jerusalem, to Bethphage, and Bethany, unto the mount of the Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,Mark 11:3 · ἀποστέλλειand if any one may say to you, Why do ye this? say ye that the lord hath need of it, and immediately he will send it hither.’Mark 12:2 · ἀπέστειλενand he sent unto the husbandmen at the due time a servant, that from the husbandmen he may receive from the fruit of the vineyard,Mark 12:3 · ἀπέστειλανand they, having taken him, did severely beat him, and did send him away empty.Mark 12:4 · ἀπέστειλενAnd again he sent unto them another servant, and at that one having cast stones, they wounded him in the head, and sent away—dishonoured.Mark 12:5 · ἀπέστειλεν·‘And again he sent another, and that one they killed; and many others, some beating, and some killing.Mark 12:6 · ἀπέστειλεν‘Having yet therefore one son—his beloved—he sent also him unto them last, saying—They will reverence my son;Mark 12:13 · ἀποστέλλουσινand they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they may ensnare him in discourse,Mark 13:27 · ἀποστελεῖand then he shall send his messengers, and gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the end of the earth unto the end of heaven.Mark 14:13 · ἀποστέλλειAnd he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith to them, ‘Go ye away to the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water, follow him;Luke 1:19 · ἀπεστάληνAnd the messenger answering said to him, ‘I am Gabriel, who have been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to proclaim these good news to thee,Luke 1:26 · ἀπεστάληAnd in the sixth month was the messenger Gabriel sent by God, to a city of Galilee, the name of which is Nazareth,Luke 4:18 · ἀπέσταλκέν · ἀποστεῖλαιThe Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,Luke 4:43 · ἀπεστάλην.and he said unto them—‘Also to the other cities it behoveth me to proclaim good news of the reign of God, because for this I have been sent;’Luke 7:3 · ἀπέστειλενand having heard about Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, beseeching him, that having come he might thoroughly save his servant.Luke 7:20 · ἀπέστειλενAnd having come near to him, the men said, ‘John the Baptist sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?’Luke 7:27 · ἀποστέλλωthis is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;Luke 9:2 · ἀπέστειλενand he sent them to proclaim the reign of God, and to heal the ailing.Luke 9:48 · ἀποστείλαντάand said to them, ‘Whoever may receive this child in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth receive Him who sent me, for he who is least among you all—he shall be great.’Luke 9:52 · ἀπέστειλενand he sent messengers before his face, and having gone on, they went into a village of Samaritans, to make ready for him,Luke 10:1 · ἀπέστειλενAnd after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come,Luke 10:3 · ἀποστέλλω‘Go away; lo, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves;Luke 10:16 · ἀποστείλαντά‘He who is hearing you, doth hear me; and he who is putting you away, doth put me away; and he who is putting me away, doth put away Him who sent me.’Luke 11:49 · ἀποστελῶbecause of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,Luke 13:34 · ἀπεσταλμένους‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together thy children, as a hen her brood under the wings, and ye did not will.Luke 14:17 · ἀπέστειλενand he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now are all things ready.Luke 14:32 · ἀποστείλαςand if not so—he being yet a long way off—having sent an embassy, he doth ask the things for peace.Luke 19:14 · ἀπέστειλανand his citizens were hating him, and did send an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this one to reign over us.Luke 19:29 · ἀπέστειλενAnd it came to pass, as he came nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, unto the mount called of the Olives, he sent two of his disciples,Luke 19:32 · ἀπεσταλμένοιAnd those sent, having gone away, found according as he said to them,Luke 20:10 · ἀπέστειλενand at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that from the fruit of the vineyard they may give to him, but the husbandmen having beat him, did send him away empty.Luke 20:20 · ἀπέστειλανAnd, having watched him, they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor,Luke 22:8 · ἀπέστειλενand he sent Peter and John, saying, ‘Having gone on, prepare to us the passover, that we may eat;’Luke 22:35 · ἀπέστειλαAnd he said to them, ‘When I sent you without bag, and scrip, and sandals, did ye lack anything?’ and they said, ‘Nothing.’John 1:6 · ἀπεσταλμένοςThere came a man—having been sent from God—whose name is John,John 1:19 · ἀπέστειλανAnd this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, ‘Who art thou?’John 1:24 · ἀπεσταλμένοιAnd those sent were of the Pharisees,John 3:17 · ἀπέστειλενFor God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;John 3:28 · ἀπεσταλμένοςye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him;John 3:34 · ἀπέστειλενfor he whom God sent, the sayings of God he speaketh; for not by measure doth God give the Spirit;John 4:38 · ἀπέστειλαI sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others laboured, and ye into their labour have entered.John 5:33 · ἀπεστάλκατεye have sent unto John, and he hath testified to the truth.John 5:36 · ἀπέσταλκεν.‘But I have the testimony greater than John’s, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me.John 5:38 · ἀπέστειλενand His word ye have not remaining in you, because whom He sent, him ye do not believe.John 6:29 · ἀπέστειλενJesus answered and said to them, ‘This is the work of God, that ye may believe in him whom He did send.’John 6:57 · ἀπέστειλέν‘According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me;John 7:29 · ἀπέστειλεν.and I have known Him, because I am from Him, and He did send me.’John 7:32 · ἀπέστειλανThe Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers that they may take him;John 8:42 · ἀπέστειλεν.Jesus then said to them, ‘If God were your father, ye were loving me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of myself, but He sent me;John 9:7 · ἀπεσταλμένος.‘Go away, wash at the pool of Siloam,’ which is, interpreted, Sent. He went away, therefore, and did wash, and came seeing;John 10:36 · ἀπέστειλενof him whom the Father did sanctify, and send to the world, do ye say—Thou speakest evil, because I said, Son of God I am?John 11:3 · ἀπέστειλανtherefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, ‘Sir, lo, he whom thou dost love is ailing;’John 11:42 · ἀπέστειλας.and I knew that Thou always dost hear me, but, because of the multitude that is standing by, I said it, that they may believe that Thou didst send me.’John 17:3 · ἀπέστειλαςand this is the life age-during, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and him whom Thou didst send—Jesus Christ;John 17:8 · ἀπέστειλας.¶because the sayings that Thou hast given to me, I have given to them, and they themselves received, and have known truly, that from Thee I came forth, and they did believe that Thou didst send me.John 17:18 · ἀπέστειλας · ἀπέστειλαas Thou didst send me to the world, I also did send them to the world;John 17:21 · ἀπέστειλας.that they all may be one, as Thou Father art in me, and I in Thee; that they also in us may be one, that the world may believe that Thou didst send me.John 17:23 · ἀπέστειλαςI in them, and Thou in me, that they may be perfected into one, and that the world may know that Thou didst send me, and didst love them as Thou didst love me.John 17:25 · ἀπέστειλας·‘Righteous Father, also the world did not know Thee, and I knew Thee, and these have known that Thou didst send me,John 18:24 · ἈπέστειλενAnnas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the chief priest.John 20:21 · ἀπέσταλκένJesus, therefore, said to them again, ‘Peace to you; according as the Father hath sent me, I also send you;’Acts 3:20 · ἀποστείλῃand He may send Jesus Christ who before hath been preached to you,Acts 3:26 · ἀπέστειλενto you first, God, having raised up His child Jesus, did send him, blessing you, in the turning away of each one from your evil ways.’Acts 5:21 · ἀπέστειλανand having heard, they did enter at the dawn into the temple, and were teaching. And the chief priest having come, and those with him, they called together the sanhedrim and all the senate of the sons of Israel, and they sent to the prison to have them brought,Acts 7:14 · ἀποστείλαςand Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred—with seventy and five souls—Acts 7:34 · ἀποστείλωseeing I have seen the affliction of My people that is in Egypt, and their groaning I did hear, and came down to deliver them; and now come, I will send thee to Egypt.Acts 7:35 · ἀπέσταλκεν‘This Moses, whom they did refuse, saying, Who did set thee a ruler and a judge? this one God a ruler and a redeemer did send, in the hand of a messenger who appeared to him in the bush;Acts 8:14 · ἀπέστειλανAnd the apostles in Jerusalem having heard that Samaria hath received the word of God, did send unto them Peter and John,Acts 9:17 · ἀπέσταλκένAnd Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him his hands, said, ‘Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me—Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming—that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.’Acts 9:38 · ἀπέστειλανand Lydda being nigh to Joppa, the disciples having heard that Peter is in that place, sent two men unto him, calling on him not to delay to come through unto them.Acts 10:8 · ἀπέστειλενand having declared to them all things, he sent them to Joppa.Acts 10:17 · ἀπεσταλμένοιAnd as Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision that he saw might be, then, lo, the men who have been sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,Acts 10:20 · ἀπέσταλκαbut having risen, go down and go on with them, nothing doubting, because I have sent them;’Acts 10:36 · ἀπέστειλενthe word that he sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming good news—peace through Jesus Christ (this one is Lord of all,)Acts 11:11 · ἀπεσταλμένοιand, lo, immediately, three men stood at the house in which I was, having been sent from Caesarea unto me,Acts 11:13 · ἀπόστειλονhe declared also to us how he saw the messenger in his house standing, and saying to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter,Acts 11:30 · ἀποστείλαντεςwhich also they did, having sent unto the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.Acts 13:15 · ἀπέστειλανand after the reading of the law and of the prophets, the chief men of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, ‘Men, brethren, if there be a word in you of exhortation unto the people—say on.’Acts 15:27 · ἀπεστάλκαμενwe have sent, therefore, Judas and Silas, and they by word are telling the same things.Acts 15:33 · ἀποστείλανταςand having passed some time, they were let go with peace from the brethren unto the apostles;Acts 16:35 · ἀπέστειλανAnd day having come, the magistrates sent the rod-bearers, saying, ‘Let those men go;’Acts 16:36 · ἀπέσταλκανand the jailor told these words unto Paul—‘The magistrates have sent, that ye may be let go; now, therefore, having gone forth go on in peace;’Acts 19:22 · ἀποστείλαςand having sent to Macedonia two of those ministering to him—Timotheus and Erastus—he himself stayed a time in Asia.Acts 26:17 · ἀποστέλλωdelivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,Acts 28:28 · ἀπεστάλη‘Be it known, therefore, to you, that to the nations was sent the salvation of God, these also will hear it;’Romans 10:15 · ἀποσταλῶσιν;and how shall they preach, if they may not be sent? according as it hath been written, ‘How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!’1 Corinthians 1:17 · ἀπέστειλένFor Christ did not send me to baptize, but—to proclaim good news; not in wisdom of discourse, that the cross of the Christ may not be made of none effect;2 Corinthians 12:17 · ἀπέσταλκαany one of those whom I have sent unto you—by him did I take advantage of you?2 Timothy 4:12 · ἀπέστειλαand Tychicus I sent to Ephesus;Hebrews 1:14 · ἀποστελλόμεναare they not all spirits of service—for ministration being sent forth because of those about to inherit salvation?1 Peter 1:12 · ἀποσταλέντιto whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering these, which now were told to you (through those who did proclaim good news to you,) in the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, to which things messengers do desire to bend looking.1 John 4:9 · ἀπέσταλκενIn this was manifested the love of God in us, because His Son—the only begotten—hath God sent to the world, that we may live through him;1 John 4:10 · ἀπέστειλενin this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.1 John 4:14 · ἀπέσταλκενAnd we—we have seen and do testify, that the Father hath sent the Son—Saviour of the world;Revelation 1:1 · ἀποστείλαςA revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify it, having sent through his messenger to his servant John,Revelation 5:6 · ἀπεσταλμένοιand I saw, and lo, in the midst of the throne, and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb hath stood as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the Seven Spirits of God, which are sent to all the earth,Revelation 22:6 · ἀπέστειλενAnd he said to me, ‘These words are stedfast and true, and the Lord God of the holy prophets did send His messenger to shew to His servants the things that it behoveth to come quickly: