Apostellō ἀποστέλλω

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Apostellō
ἀποστέλλω
Transliterationapostellō
Strong's numberG649
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto send
Occurrences134 in 131 verses
Most frequent inJohn (27)

Apostellō (Greek ἀποστέλλω, Strong's G649) is a Greek verb meaning “to send”. It occurs 134 times in 131 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἀπο-στέλλω,
[in LXX very freq., almost always for שׁלח ;]
prop., to send away, to dispatch on service;
1. to send with a commission, or on service;
(a) of persons: Christ, Mat.10:40; the apostles, 10:16; servants, Mrk.12:2; angels, 13:27;
(b) of things: ὄνος, Mat.21:3; τὸ δρέπανον, Mrk.4:29; τ. λόγον, Act.10:36; τ. ἐπαγγελίαν (i.e. the promised Holy Spirit), Luk.24:49, Rec.; before εἰς, Mat.20:2, Luk.11:49, Jhn.3:17; ὀπίσω, Luk.19:14; ἔμπροσθεν, Jhn.3:28; πρὸ προσώπου, Mat.11:10; πρός, Mat.21:34; with ref. to sender or place of departure: ἀπό, Luk.1:26 (Rec. ὑπό); παρά, Jhn.1:6; ἐκ, ib. 1:19; ὑπό, Act.10:17 (Rec. ἀπό); before inf., Mrk.3:14, al.; ἵνα, Mrk.12:2, al.; εἰς (of purpose), Heb.1:14; without direct obj.: before πρός, Jhn.5:33; λέγων, Jhn.11:3; ἀποστείλας, with indic., Mat.2:16, Act.7:14, Rev.1:1.
2. to send away, dismiss: Luk.4:18, Mrk.5:10 8:26 12:3 (cf. ἐξ-, συν-αποστέλλω).
SYN.: πέμπω, the general term. ἀ. "suggests official or authoritative sending" (see Thayer, see word πέμπω; Westc., Jo., 298; Epp. Jo., 125; Cremer, 529; MM, see word). (AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVsent (61), send (15), forth (12), he sent (9), hath sent (6), him that sent (4), hast sent (4), away (3), out (2), he will send (2), thou hast sent (2), shall send forth (1), and 22 other renderings
BSBsent (44), he sent (17), has sent (6), sent out (4), i will send (4), they sent (3), am sending (3), send (3), i was sent (2), he will send (2), he will send out (2), he has sent (2), and 36 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Apostellō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

2 Timothy

Hebrews

1 Peter

1 John

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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