Strong's Lexicon
G649 — ἀποστέλλω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G649 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀποστέλλω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G575 and G4724 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 132 |
| Transliteration: | apostello |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ap-os-tel'-lo |
| Meaning: | 1. set apart 2. (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | put in, send (away, forth, out), set (at liberty) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀποστέλλω; future ἀποστελῶ; 1 aorist ἀπέστειλα; perfect ἀπέσταλκα (3 person plural ἀπέσταλκαν Act 16:36 L T Tr WH (see γίνομαι at the beginning); passive, present ἀποστέλλομαι); perfect ἀπεστάλμαι; 2 aorist ἀπεστάλην; (from Sophocles down); properly, to send off, send away;
1. to order (one) to go to a place appointed;
a. either persons sent with commissions, or things intended for someone. So, very frequently, Jesus teaches that God sent him, as Mat 10:40; Mar 9:37; Luk 10:16; Joh 5:36, etc. he, too, is said to have sent his apostles, i. e. to have appointed them: Mar 6:7; Mat 10:16; Luk 22:35; Joh 20:21, etc. messengers are sent: Luk 7:3; Luk 9:52; Luk 10:1; servants, Mar 6:27; Mar 12:2; Mat 21:36; Mat 22:3; an embassy, Luk 14:32; Luk 19:14; angels, Mar 13:27; Mat 24:31, etc. Things are said to be sent, which are ordered to be led away or conveyed to anyone, as Mat 21:3; Mar 11:3; τό δρέπανον i. e. reapers, Mar 4:29 (others take ἀποστέλλω here of the putting forth of the sickle, i. e. of the act of reaping; cf. (Joe 3:18); Rev 14:15 (under the word πέμπω, b.)); τόν λόγον, Act 10:36; Act 13:26 (L T Tr WH ἐξαπεστάλη); τήν ἐπαγγελίαν (equivalent to ἐπηγγελμενον, i. e. the promised Holy Spirit) ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς, Luk 24:49 (T Tr WH ἐξαποστέλλω); τί διά χειρός τίνος, after the Hebrew áÀÌéÇã, Act 11:30.
b. The place of the sending is specified: ἀποστέλλειν εἰς τινα τόπον, Mat 20:2; Luk 1:26; Act 7:34; Act 10:8; Act 19:22; 2Ti 4:12; Rev 5:6, etc. God sent Jesus εἰς τόν κόσμον: Joh 3:17; Joh 10:36; Joh 17:18; 1Jn 4:9. εἰς (unto, i. e.) among: Mat 15:24; Luk 11:49; Acts (Act 22:21 WH marginal reading); ; (ἐν (by a pregnant or a Latin construction) cf. Winers Grammar, § 50, 4; Buttmann, 329 (283): Mat 10:16; Luk 10:3; yet see 1 a. above); ὀπίσω τίνος, Luk 19:14; ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, Joh 3:28; and πρό προσώπου τίνος, after the Hebrew ìÄôÀðÅéÎ, before (to precede) one: Mat 11:10; Mar 1:2; Luk 7:27; Luk 10:1. πρός τινα, to one: Mat 21:34; Mat 21:37; Mar 12:2; Luk 7:3; Luk 7:20; Joh 5:33; Act 8:14; 2Co 12:17, etc. Whence, or by or from whom, one is sent: ὑπό τοῦ Θεοῦ, Luk 1:26 (T Tr WH ἀπό); παρά Θεοῦ, Joh 1:6 (Sir 15:9); ἀπό with the genitive of person, from the house of anyone: Act 10:17 (T WH Tr marginal reading ὑπό), 21 Rec.; ἐκ with the genitive of place: Joh 1:19.
c. The object of the mission is indicated by an infinitive following: Mar 3:14; Mat 22:3; Luk 1:19; Luk 4:18 (Isa 61:1 (on the perfect cf. Winers Grammar, 272 (255); Buttmann, 197 (171))); Luk 9:2; Joh 4:38; 1Co 1:17; Rev 22:6. (followed by εἰς for: εἰς διακονίαν, Heb 1:14. followed by ἵνα: Mar 12:2; Mar 12:13; Luk 20:10; Luk 20:20; Joh 1:19; Joh 3:17; Joh 7:32; 1Jn 4:9. (followed by ὅπως: Act 9:17.) followed by an accusative with infinitive: Act 5:21. followed by τινα with a predicate accusative: Act 3:26 (εὐλογοῦντα ὑμᾶς to confer God’s blessing on you (cf. Buttmann, 203ff (176ff)); Act 7:35 (ἄρχοντα, to be a ruler); 1Jn 4:10.
d. ἀποστέλλειν by itself, without an accusative (cf. Winers Grammar, 594 (552); Buttmann, 146 (128)): as ἀποστέλλειν πρός τινα, Joh 5:33; with the addition of the participle λέγων, λέγουσα, λέγοντες, to say through a messenger: Mat 27:19; Mar 3:31 (here φωνοῦντες αὐτόν R G, καλοῦντες αὐτόν L T Tr WH); Joh 11:3; Act 13:15; (Act 21:25 περί τῶν πεπιστευκότων ἐθνῶν ἡμεῖς ἀπεστείλαμεν (L Tr text WH text) κρίναντες etc. we sent word, giving judgment, etc.). When one accomplished anything through a messenger, it is expressed thus: ἀποστείλας or πέμψας he did so and so; as, ἀποστείλας ἀνεῖλε, Mat 2:16; Mar 6:17; Act 7:14; Rev 1:1; (so also the Greeks, as Xenophon, Cyril 3, 1, 6 πέμψας ἠρώτα, Plutarch, de liber. educ. c. 14 πέμψας ἀνεῖλε τόν θεοκριτον; and the Sept. 2Ki 6:13 ἀποστείλας λήψομαι αὐτόν).
2. to send away, i. e. to dismiss;
a. to allow one to depart: τινα ἐν ἀφέσει, that he may be in a state of liberty, Luk 4:18 (19), (Isa 58:6).
b. to order one to depart, send off: Mar 8:26; τινα κενόν, Mar 12:3.
c. to drive away: Mar 5:10. (Compare: ἐξαποστέλλω, συναποστέλλω. Synonym: see πέμπω, at the end)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀποστέλλω (put in)
Matthew 2:16
- KJV: Then Herod when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men was exceeding wroth and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem and in all the coasts thereof from two years old and under according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men
- GK: τότε Ηρώδης ιδών ότι ενεπαίχθη υπό των μάγων εθυμώθη λίαν και αποστείλας ανείλε πάντας τους παίδας τους εν Βηθλεέμ και εν πάσι τοις ορίοις αυτής από διετούς και κατωτέρω κατά τον χρόνον ον ηκρίβωσε παρά των μάγων
Matthew 10:5
- KJV: These twelve Jesus sent forth and commanded them saying Go not into the way of the Gentiles and into city of the Samaritans enter ye not
- GK: τούτους τους δώδεκα απέστειλεν ο Ιησούς παραγγείλας αυτοίς λέγων εις οδόν εθνών μη απέλθητε και εις πόλιν Σαμαρειτών μη εισέλθητε
Matthew 10:16
- KJV: Behold I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves
- GK: ιδού εγώ αποστέλλω υμάς ως πρόβατα εν μέσω λύκων γίνεσθε ουν φρόνιμοι ως οι όφεις και ακέραιοι ως αι περιστεραί
Matthew 10:40
- KJV: He that receiveth you receiveth me and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me
- GK: ο δεχόμενος υμάς εμέ δέχεται και ο εμέ δεχόμενος δέχεται τον αποστείλαντά με
Matthew 11:10
- KJV: For this is of whom it is written Behold I send my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee
- GK: ούτος γαρ εστι περί ου γέγραπται ιδού εγώ αποστέλλω τον άγγελόν μου προ προσώπου σου ος κατασκευάσει την οδόν σου έμπροσθέν σου
Matthew 13:41
- KJV: The Son of man shall send forth his angels and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend and them which do iniquity
- GK: αποστελεί ο υιός του ανθρώπου τους αγγέλους αυτού και συλλέξουσιν εκ της βασιλείας αυτού πάντα τα σκάνδαλα και τους ποιούντας την ανομίαν
Matthew 14:35
- KJV: And when the men of that place had knowledge of him they sent out into all that country round about and brought unto him all that were diseased
- GK: και επιγνόντες αυτόν οι άνδρες του τόπου εκείνου απέστειλαν εις όλην την περίχωρον εκείνην και προσήνεγκαν αυτώ πάντας τους κακώς έχοντας
Matthew 15:24
- KJV: But he answered and said I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel
- GK: ο δε αποκριθείς είπεν ουκ απεστάλην ει εις τα πρόβατα τα απολωλότα οικού Ισραήλ
Matthew 20:2
- KJV: And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day he sent them into his vineyard
- GK: και συμφωνήσας μετά των εργατών εκ δηναρίου τη ημέραν απέστειλεν αυτούς εις τον αμπελώνα αυτού
Matthew 21:1
- KJV: And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem and were come to Bethphage unto the mount of Olives then sent Jesus two disciples
- GK: και ότε ήγγισαν εις Ιεροσόλυμα και ήλθον εις Βηθσφαγή προς το όρος των ελαιών τότε ο Ιησούς απέστειλε δύο μαθητάς
Matthew 21:3
- KJV: And if any say ought unto you ye shall say The Lord hath need of them and straightway he will send them
- GK: και εάν τις υμίν είπη τι ερείτε ότι ο κύριος αυτών χρείαν έχει ευθέως δε αποστελλεί αυτούς
Matthew 21:34
- KJV: And when the time of the fruit drew near he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits of it
- GK: ότε δε ήγγισεν ο καιρός των καρπών απέστειλεν τους δούλους αυτού προς τους γεωργούς λαβείν τους καρπούς αυτού
Matthew 21:36
- KJV: Again he sent other servants more than the first and they did unto them likewise
- GK: πάλιν απέστειλεν άλλους δούλους πλείονας των πρώτων και εποίησαν αυτοίς ωσαύτως
Matthew 21:37
- KJV: But last of all he sent unto them his son saying They will reverence my son
- GK: ύστερον δε απέστειλεν προς αυτούς τον υιόν αυτού λέγων εντραπήσονται τον υιόν μου
Matthew 22:3
- KJV: And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding and they would not come
- GK: και απέστειλε τους δούλους αυτού καλέσαι τους κεκλημένους εις τους γάμους και ουκ ήθελον ελθείν
Matthew 22:4
- KJV: Again he sent forth other servants saying Tell them which are bidden Behold I have prepared my dinner my oxen and fatlings killed and all things ready come unto the marriage
- GK: πάλιν απέστειλεν άλλους δούλους λέγων είπατε τοις κεκλημένοις ιδού το άριστόν μου ητοίμασα οι ταύροί μου και τα σιτιστά τεθυμένα και πάντα έτοιμα δεύτε εις τους γάμους
Matthew 22:16
- KJV: And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians saying Master we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth neither carest thou for any for thou regardest not the person of men
- GK: και αποστέλλουσιν αυτώ τους μαθητάς αυτών μετά των Ηρωδιανών λέγοντες διδάσκαλε οίδαμεν ότι αληθής ει και την οδόν του θεού εν αληθεία διδάσκεις και ου μέλει σοι περί ουδενός ου γαρ βλέπεις εις πρόσωπον ανθρώπων
Matthew 23:34
- KJV: Wherefore behold I send unto you prophets and wise men and scribes and of them ye shall kill and crucify and of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city
- GK: διά τούτο ιδού εγώ αποστέλλω προς υμάς προφήτας και σοφούς και γραμματείς και εξ αυτών αποκτενείτε και σταυρώσετε και εξ αυτών μαστιγώσετε εν ταις συναγωγαίς υμών και διώξετε από πόλεως εις πόλιν
Matthew 23:37
- KJV: O Jerusalem Jerusalem that killest the prophets and stonest them which are sent unto thee how often would I have gathered thy children together even as a hen gathereth her chickens under wings and ye would not
- GK: Ιερουσαλήμ Ιερουσαλήμ η αποκτένουσα τους προφήτας και λιθοβολούσα τους απεσταλμένους προς αυτήν ποσάκις ηθέλησα επισυναγαγείν τα τέκνα σου ον τρόπον επισύναγει όρνις τα νοσσία εαυτής υπό τας πτέρυγας και ουκ ηθελήσατε
Matthew 24:31
- KJV: And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds from one end of heaven to the other
- GK: και αποστελεί τους αγγέλους αυτού μετά σάλπιγγος φωνής μεγάλης και επισυνάξουσι τους εκλεκτούς αυτού εκ των τεσσάρων ανέμων απ΄ άκρων ουρανών έως άκρων αυτών
Matthew 27:19
- KJV: When he was set down on the judgment seat his wife sent unto him saying Have thou nothing to do with that just man for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him
- GK: καθημένου δε αυτού επί του βήματος απέστειλε προς αυτόν η γυνή αυτού λέγουσα μηδέν σοι και τω δικαίω εκείνω πολλά γαρ έπαθον σήμερον κατ΄ όναρ δι΄ αυτόν
Mark 1:2
- KJV: As it is written in the prophets Behold I send my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee
- GK: ως γέγραπται εν τοις προφήταις ιδού εγώ αποστέλλω τον άγγελόν μου προ προσώπου σου ος κατασκευάσει την οδόν σου έμπροσθέν σου
Mark 3:14
- KJV: And he ordained twelve that they should be with him and that he might send them forth to preach
- GK: και εποίησε δώδεκα ίνα ώσι μετ΄ αυτού και ίνα αποστέλλη αυτούς κηρύσσειν
Mark 3:31
- KJV: There came then his brethren and his mother and standing without sent unto him calling him
- GK: έρχονται ουν οι αδελφοί και η μήτηρ αυτόυ και έξω εστώτες απέστειλαν προς αυτόν φωνούντες αυτόν
Mark 4:29
- KJV: But when the fruit is brought forth immediately he putteth in the sickle because the harvest is come
- GK: όταν δε παραδώ ο καρπός ευθέως αποστέλλει το δρέπανον ότι παρέστηκεν ο θερισμός
Mark 5:10
- KJV: And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country
- GK: και παρεκάλει αυτόν πολλά ίνα μη αυτούς αποστείλη έξω της χώρας
Mark 6:7
- KJV: And he called the twelve and began to send them forth by two and two and gave them power over unclean spirits
- GK: και προσκαλείται τους δώδεκα και ήρξατο αυτούς αποστέλλειν δύο και εδίδου αυτοίς εξουσίαν των πνευμάτων των ακαθάρτων
Mark 6:17
- KJV: For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake his brother Philip’s wife for he had married her
- GK: αυτός γαρ ο Ηρώδης αποστείλας εκράτησε τον Ιωάννην και έδησεν αυτόν εν τη φυλακή διά Ηρωδιάδα την γυναίκα Φιλίππου του αδελφού αυτού ότι αυτήν εγάμησεν
Mark 6:27
- KJV: And immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded his head to be brought and he went and beheaded him in the prison
- GK: και ευθέως αποστείλας ο βασιλεύς σπεκουλάτωρα επέταξεν ενεχθήναι την κεφαλήν αυτού ο δε απελθών απεκεφάλισεν αυτόν εν τη φυλακή
Mark 8:26
- KJV: And he sent him away to his house saying Neither go into the town nor tell to any in the town
- GK: και απέστειλεν αυτόν εις τον οίκον αυτού λέγων μηδέ εις την κώμην εισέλθης μηδέ είπης τινί εν τη κώμη