πέμπωpémpō
to send
Greek (New Testament) · G3992
Meanings
(a) of persons: with accusative, absolutely, Matthew 22:7, Luke 7:19, John 1:22, 2 Corinthians 9:3, and elsewhere; participle followed by verb., Matthew 14:10, Acts 19:31, and elsewhere; participle followed by διά (= Heb. בְּיוֹד, 1 Samuel 16:20, and elsewhere), Matthew 11:2 (cf. Revelation 1:1); of teachers sent by God, John 1:33, John 4:34, Romans 8:3, and elsewhere; with accusative et dative, 1 Corinthians 4:17, Philippians 2:19; followed by πρός, with accusative, Luke 4:26, John 16:7, and elsewhere; followed by λέγων (cf. Heb. שָׁלַח לֵאמֹר Genesis 38:25, and elsewhere), Luke 7:6, Luke 7:19; followed by εἰς, with accusative loc., Matthew 2:8, Luke 15:15, and elsewhere; followed by εἰς (of purpose), Ephesians 6:22, Colossians 4:8, 1 Peter 2:14; with infinitive, John 1:33, 1 Corinthians 16:3, Revelation 22:16
(b) of things: Revelation 11:10; followed by εἰς, Revelation 1:11; id., of purpose, Acts 11:29, Philippians 4:16; with dative of person, 2 Thessalonians 2:11; π. τ. δρέπανον σου (cf. εξαποστείλατε δρέπανα = שָׁלַח מַגָּל, Joel 3:13), Revelation 14:15, Revelation 14:18 (cf. ἀνα-, ἐκ-, μετα-, προ-, συν-πέμπω).
Synonyms
ἀποστέλλω, see that word
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 79 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 2:8 Then he told them, “Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. And when you find him, come back and tell me so that I can go and worship him, too!”
- Matthew 11:2 John the Baptist, who was in prison, heard about all the things the Messiah was doing. So he sent his disciples to ask Jesus,
- Matthew 14:10 So John was beheaded in the prison,
- Matthew 22:7 “The king was furious, and he sent out his army to destroy the murderers and burn their town.
- Mark 5:12 “Send us into those pigs,” the spirits begged. “Let us enter them.”
- Luke 4:26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them. He was sent instead to a foreigner—a widow of Zarephath in the land of Sidon.
See every passage
- Matthew 2:8, 11:2, 14:10, 22:7
- Mark 5:12
- Luke 4:26, 7:6, 7:10, 7:19, 15:15, 16:24, 16:27, 20:11, 20:12, 20:13
- John 1:22, 1:33, 4:34, 5:23, 5:24, 5:30, 5:37, 6:38, 6:39, 6:44, 7:16, 7:18, 7:28, 7:33, 8:16, 8:18, 8:26, 8:29, 9:4, 12:44, 12:45, 12:49, 13:16, 13:20, 14:24, 14:26, 15:21, 15:26, 16:5, 16:7, 20:21
- Acts 10:5, 10:32, 10:33, 11:29, 15:22, 15:25, 19:31, 20:17, 23:30, 25:25, 25:27
- Romans 8:3
- 1 Corinthians 4:17, 16:3
- 2 Corinthians 9:3
- Ephesians 6:22
- Philippians 2:19, 2:23, 2:25, 2:28, 4:16
- Colossians 4:8
- 1 Thessalonians 3:2, 3:5
- 2 Thessalonians 2:11
- Titus 3:12
- 1 Peter 2:14
- Revelation 1:11, 11:10, 14:15, 14:18, 22:16
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.