Strong's Lexicon
G1821 — ἐξαποστέλλω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1821 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐξαποστέλλω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1537 and G649 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 13 |
| Transliteration: | exapostello |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ex-ap-os-tel'-lo |
| Meaning: | 1. to send away forth 2. (on a mission) to dispatch 3. (imperatively, peremptorily) to dismiss |
| KJV Renderings: | send (away, forth, out) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐξαποστέλλω; future ἐξαποστελῶ; 1 aorist ἐξαπέστειλα; (2 aorist passive ἐξαπεσταλην); the Sept. very often for ùÈÑìÇç; properly, to send away from oneself (ἀπό) out of the place or out of doors (ἐκ (which see VI. 2));
1. to send forth: τινα, with commissions, Act 7:12; (Act 12:11); Gal 4:4; followed by an infinitive of purpose, Act 11:22 (but L T Tr WH omit the infinitive); εἰς ἔθνη, unto the Gentiles, Act 22:21 (WH marginal reading ἀποστέλλω); used also of powers, influences things (see ἀποστέλλω, 1 a.): τήν ἐπαγγελίαν, the promised blessing, Luk 24:49 T Tr WH; τό πνεῦμα εἰς τάς καρδίας, to send forth i. e. impart the Spirit to our hearts, Gal 4:6; (τό ... κήρυγμα τῆς αἰωνίου σωτηρίας, Mar 16:1-20 WH in (rejected) ’Shorter Conclusion’); ὑμῖν ὁ λόγος ... ἐξαπεστάλη, the message was sent forth, i. e. commanded to be announced, to you, Act 13:26 L T Tr WH.
2. to send away: τινα εἰς etc. Act 9:30; followed by an infinitive of purpose, Act 17:14; τινα κενόν, Luk 1:53; Luk 20:10-11. (Desm., Polybius, Diodorus.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐξαποστέλλω (send (away)
Luke 1:53
- KJV: He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away
- GK: πεινώντας ενέπλησεν αγαθών και πλουτούντας εξαπέστειλεν κενούς
Luke 20:10
- KJV: And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard but the husbandmen beat him and sent away empty
- GK: και εν καιρώ απέστειλεν προς τους γεωργούς δούλον ίνα από του καρπού του αμπελώνος δώσιν αυτώ οι δε γεωργοί δείραντες αυτόν εξαπέστειλαν κενόν
Luke 20:11
- KJV: And again he sent another servant and they beat him also and entreated shamefully and sent away empty
- GK: και προσέθετο πέμψαι έτερον δούλον οι δε κακείνον δείραντες και ατιμάσαντες εξαπέστειλαν κενόν
Acts 7:12
- KJV: But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt he sent out our fathers first
- GK: ακούσας δε Ιακώβ όντα σίτα εν Αιγύπτω εξαπέστειλε τους πατέρας ημών πρώτον
Acts 9:30
- KJV: when the brethren knew they brought him down to Cæsarea and sent him forth to Tarsus
- GK: επιγνόντες δε οι αδελφοί κατήγαγον αυτόν εις Καισάρειαν και εξαπέστειλαν αυτόν εις Ταρσόν
Acts 11:22
- KJV: Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem and they sent forth Barnabas that he should go as far as Antioch
- GK: ηκούσθη δε ο λόγος εις τα ώτα της εκκλησίας της εν Ιεροσολύμοις περί αυτών και εξαπέστειλαν Βαρνάβαν διελθείν έως Αντιόχειας
Acts 12:11
- KJV: And when Peter was come to himself he said Now I know a surety that the Lord hath sent his angel and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod and all the expectation of the people of the Jews
- GK: και ο Πέτρος γενόμενος εν εαυτώ είπε νυν οίδα αληθώς ότι εξαπέστειλε κύριος τον άγγελον αυτού και εξείλετό με εκ χειρός Ηρώδου και πάσης της προσδοκίας του λαού των Ιουδαίων
Acts 17:14
- KJV: And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea but Silas and Timotheus abode there still
- GK: ευθέως δε τότε τον Παύλον εξαπέστειλαν οι αδελφοί πορεύεσθαι ως επί την θάλασσαν υπέμενον δε ο τε Σίλας και ο Τιμόθεος εκεί
Acts 22:21
- KJV: And he said unto me Depart for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles
- GK: και είπε προς με πορεύου ότι εγώ εις έθνη μακράν εξαποστελώ σε