to send

Greek Verb

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)

to send

Greek Verb

ἀποστέλλω, future -στελῶ: aorist ἀπέστειλα (see. below):— send off or away from, μή μ᾽. τῆσδ᾽ ἀποστείλητε γῆς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; send away, banish, τὰ δίκαια[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, go away, depart, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) dispatch, on some mission or service, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of messengers or forces, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἰκιστάς (as a form of banishment), [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, with infinitive, οἱ ἀποσταλέντες στρατεύεσθαι[Refs] III) put off, doff, θαἰμάτια[Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) intransitive, retire, withdraw, of the sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, οἴκαδε[Refs 4th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

set apart, i.e. (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively; put in, send (away, forth, out), set (at liberty); from g575 (ἀπό) and g4724 (στέλλω)