πέμπω; future πέμψω; 1 aorist ἔπεμψα (on its epistolary use (for the present or the perfect) see Winers Grammar, 278 (261); Buttmann, 198 (172); Lightfoot on Php 2:1-30:(25),28; Phm 1:11); passive, present πέμπομαι; 1 aorist ἐπεμφθην (Luk 7:10); from Homer down; the Sept. for ùÈÑìÇç; to send: τινα, absolutely, one to do something, Mat 22:7; Luk 7:19; Luk 16:24; Joh 1:22; Joh 7:18; Joh 13:16; Joh 13:20; Joh 20:21 (Treg. marginal reading ἀποστέλλω); 2Co 9:3; Php 2:23; Php 2:28, etc.; τινα or τινας is omitted where the participle is joined to another finite verb, as πέμψας ἀπεκεφάλισε τόν λωαννην, he sent (a deputy) and beheaded John, Mat 14:10; add, Act 19:31; Act 23:30 (for other examples see ἀποστέλλω, 1 d.); in imitation of the Hebrew τΜ áÀÌéÇã ùÈÑìÇç (1Sa 16:20; 2Sa 11:14; 2Sa 12:25; 1Ki 2:25) we find πέμψας διά τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, he sent by his disciples (unless with Fritzsche, and Bornemann, Schol. in Luc., p. lxv., one prefer to take πέμψας absolutely and to connect διά τῶν μαθητῶν with the following εἶπεν (so Meyer, but see (7te Aufl., Weiss edition), Keil, DeWette, others)), Mat 11:2 L T Tr WH (so ἀποστείλας διά τοῦ ἀγγέλου, Rev 1:1). Teachers who come forward by God’s command and with his anthority are said to be (or to have been) sent by God: as, John the Baptist, Joh 1:33; Jesus, Joh 4:34; John 5:23f, 30, 37; Joh 6:38-40; Joh 6:44; Joh 7:16; Joh 7:28, etc.; Rom 8:3; the Holy Spirit, rhetorically personified, Joh 14:26; Joh 15:26; Joh 16:7. τινα, with the dative of the person to whom one is sent: 1Co 4:17; Php 2:19; τινα τίνι παρά τίνος (properly, to send one to one from one’s abode (see παρά, I. a.)), Joh 15:26; πρός τινα, Luk 4:26; Joh 16:7; Act 10:33; Act 15:25; Act 23:30; (xxv. 21 R G); Eph 6:22; Php 2:25; Col 4:8; Tit 3:12; with the participle λέγων added (Hebrew ìÅàîÉø ùÈÑìÇç, Gen 38:25; 2Sa 14:32, etc.), said by messenger (German liess sagen), Luk 7:6; Luk 7:19; τινα εἰς with an accusative of place, Mat 2:8; Luk 15:15; Luk 16:27; Act 10:5; the end, for which one is sent is indicated — by the preposition εἰς, Eph 6:22; Col 4:8; 1Pe 2:14; by an infinitive, Joh 1:33; 1Co 16:3; Rev 22:16. Of things, τί τίνι, a. to bid a thing to be carried to one: Rev 11:10; with εἰς and an accusative of place added, Rev 1:11; εἰς with an accusative indicating the purpose, Act 11:29; Php 4:16 (here Lachmannbr. εἰς; cf. Buttmann, 329 (283)).

b. to send (thrust or insert) a thing into another: Rev 14:15; Rev 14:18 (Aelian hist. an. 12, 5); τίνι τί εἰς τό with an inf, 2Th 2:11. (Compare: ἀναπέμπω, ἐκπέμπω, μεταπέμπω, προπέμπω, συμπέμπω.) [SYNONYMS: πέμπω, ἀποστέλλω: πέμπω is the general term (differing from ἵημι in directing attention not to the exit but to the advent); it may even imply accompaniment (as when the sender is God). ἀποστέλλω includes a reference to equipment, and suggests official or authoritative sending. Cf. Schmidt, chapter 104; Westcott on Joh 20:21, ’Additional Note’; also ’Additional Note’ on 1Jn 3:5.]