ἀποστέλλω; future
ἀποστελῶ; 1 aorist
ἀπέστειλα; perfect
ἀπέσταλκα, [3 person plural
ἀπέσταλκαν Acts 16:36 L T Tr WH (see
γίνομαι at the beginning); passive, present
ἀποστέλλομαι]; perfect
ἀπέσταλμαι; 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
Matthew 10:40;
Mark 9:37;
Luke 10:16;
John 5:36, etc. he, too, is said to have sent his apostles,
i. e. to have appointed them:
Mark 6:7;
Matthew 10:16;
Luke 22:35;
John 20:21, etc. messengers are sent:
Luke 7:3;
Luke 9:52;
Luke 10:1; servants,
Mark 6:27;
Mark 12:2;
Matthew 21:36;
Matthew 22:3; an embassy,
Luke 14:32;
Luke 19:14; angels,
Mark 13:27;
Matthew 24:31, etc. Things are said to be sent, which are ordered to be led away or conveyed to anyone, as
Matthew 21:3;
Mark 11:3;
τὸ δρέπανον i. e. reapers,
Mark 4:29 [others take
ἀποστέλλω here of the "putting forth" of the sickle,
i. e. of the act of reaping; cf. Joel 4:13 (
Joel 3:18);
Revelation 14:15 (under the word
πέμπω, b.)];
τὸν λόγον,
Acts 10:36;
Acts 13:26 (L T Tr WH ἐξαπεστάλη);
τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν (equivalent to
τὸ ἐπηγγελμένον,
i. e. the promised Holy Spirit)
ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς,
Luke 24:49 [T Tr WH ἐξαποστέλλω];
τὶ διὰ χειρός τινος, after the Hebrew
בְּיַד,
Acts 11:30.
b. The place of the sending is specified:
ἀποστ.
εἴς τινα τόπον,
Matthew 20:2;
Luke 1:26;
Acts 7:34;
Acts 10:8;
Acts 19:22;
2 Timothy 4:12;
Revelation 5:6, etc. God sent Jesus
εἰς τὸν κόσμον:
John 3:17;
John 10:36;
John 17:18;
1 John 4:9.
εἰς [
unto, i. e.] among:
Matthew 15:24;
Luke 11:49; Acts [
Acts 22:21 WH marginal reading];
Acts 26:17; [
ἐν (by a pregnant or a Latin construction) cf. Winers Grammar, § 50, 4; Buttmann, 329 (283):
Matthew 10:16;
Luke 10:3; yet see 1 a. above];
ὀπίσω τινός,
Luke 19:14;
ἔμπροσθέν τινος,
John 3:28; and
πρὸ προσώπου τινός, after the Hebrew
לִפְנֵי־,
before (to precede) one:
Matthew 11:10;
Mark 1:2;
Luke 7:27;
Luke 10:1.
πρός τινα, to one:
Matthew 21:34,
37;
Mark 12:2;
Luke 7:3,
20;
John 5:33;
Acts 8:14;
2 Corinthians 12:17, etc. Whence, or by or from whom, one is sent:
ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ,
Luke 1:26 (T Tr WH ἀπό);
παρὰ θεοῦ,
John 1:6 (Sir. 15:9);
ἀπό with the genitive of person, from the house of anyone:
Acts 10:17 [T WH Tr marginal reading
ὑπό),
Acts 10:21 Rec.;
ἐκ with the genitive of place:
John 1:19.
c. The object of the mission is indicated by an infinitive following:
Mark 3:14;
Matthew 22:3;
Luke 1:19;
Luke 4:18 (
Isaiah 61:1 [on the perfect cf. Winers Grammar, 272 (255); Buttmann, 197 (171)]);
Luke 9:2;
John 4:38;
1 Corinthians 1:17;
Revelation 22:6. [followed by
εἰς for:
εἰς διακονίαν,
Hebrews 1:14. followed by
ἵνα:
Mark 12:2,
13;
Luke 20:10,
20;
John 1:19;
John 3:17;
John 7:32;
1 John 4:9. [followed by
ὅπως:
Acts 9:17.] followed by an accusative with infinitive:
Acts 5:21. followed by
τινά with a predicate accusative:
Acts 3:26 (
εὐλογοῦντα ὑμᾶς to confer God's blessing on you [cf. Buttmann, 203ff (176ff)];
Acts 7:35 (
ἄρχοντα, to be a ruler);
1 John 4:10.
d. ἀποστέλλειν by itself, without an accusative [cf. Winers Grammar, 594 (552); Buttmann, 146 (128)]: as
ἀποστέλλειν πρός τινα,
John 5:33; with the addition of the participle
λέγων,
λέγουσα,
λέγοντες,
to say through a messenger:
Matthew 27:19;
Mark 3:31 [here
φωνοῦντες αὐτόν R G,
καλοῦντες αὐτ.
L T Tr WH); John 11:3;
Acts 13:15; [
Acts 21:25 περὶ 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,
Matthew 2:16;
Mark 6:17;
Acts 7:14;
Revelation 1:1; (so also the Greeks, as Xenophon, Cyril 3, 1, 6
πέμψας ἠρώτα, Plutarch, de liber. educ. c. 14
πέμψας ἀνεῖλε τὸν θεόκριτον; and
Sept. 2 Kings 6:13 ἀποστείλας λήψομαι αὐτόν).
2. to send away,
i. e. to dismiss;
a. to allow one to depart:
τινὰ ἐν ἀφέσει, that he may be in a state of liberty,
Luke 4:18 (19), (
Isaiah 58:6).
b. to order one to depart, send off:
Mark 8:26;
τινὰ κενόν,
Mark 12:3.
c. to drive away:
Mark 5:10.
[Compare:
ἐξ-,
συναποστέλλω. Synonym: see
πέμπω, at the end]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's