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.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.