Quick Definition
ἐκπέμπω v. I send out
Strong's Definition
to despatch
Derivation: from G1537 (ἐκ) and G3992 (πέμπω);
KJV Usage: send away (forth)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-πέμπω : 1 aor. ἐξέπεμψα; 1 aor. pass. ptep. ἐκπεμφθείς ; to send forth, send away: Acts xiii. 4; xvii. 10. [From Hom. down.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκπέμπω ekpempō 2x
to send out, or away, Acts 13:4; 17:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-πέμπω
[in LXX for שָׁלַח ;]
to send forth: Ac 13:4 17:10.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐκπέμπω. ἐκπέμπει. The verb is common in judicial proceedings of “sending up” to trial, e.g. P Ryl II. 1321® (A.D. 32) ἀρχεφό(δῳ)" ἔκπεμψο(ν), 20. 1488 (A.D. 40) ὅπως... ἐκπέμψῃ σοι τοὺς αἰτίους, P Tebt II. 290! (an order for arrest—i/ii A.D.) ἔκπεμψον Γαλάτην kal τὴν τούτου γυναῖκα, P Oxy II. 237% (a.p. 186) ἵνα οἱ ἀντίδικοι ἐκπεμφθῶσι. For a weakened sense, practically = the simple verb, see P Tebt I. 55° (late ii/B.C.) χαριεῖ οὖν ἐκπέμψας ἡμῖν φακοῦ (ἀρτάβας) B, ‘‘you will therefore confer a favour on me by sending me two artabae of lentils” (Edd.), and P Oxy IX. 122312 (late iv/A.D.) σπούδασον πάραυτα τὸν ναύτην ἐπὶ τὴν πόλειν ἅμα τῷ πεμφθέντι συμμάχῳ ἐκπέμψαι, “make haste to send the sailor to the city at once with the attendant whom I have sent” (Ed.). The double compound συνεκπέμπω, used by Plato and Xenophon, is found in BGU IV. 112738 (B.C. 8).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐκπέμπω (ekpempō) — to send away/out. ἐκπέμπω:
I. of persons, send out or forth from, with genitive loci, ὅπως Πρίαμον..νηῶν ἐκπέμψειε [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, δόμου ἐκπέμψασθε θύραζε [Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.2. bring out by calling, call or fetch out, τινὰ ἐκτὸς πυλῶν [Refs]:—so in middle, [Refs]:—passive, go forth, depart, [Refs]
I.3. send forth, dispatch, πρέσβεις, στρατιάς, οἰκήτορας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τῶν -ομένων καὶ εἰσαγομένων ἐπιστολῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.4. send away, τινὰ ἐς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in Prose, divorce a wife, ἐ. γυναῖκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—also in middle, γῆς φυγάδας ἐκπέμψασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.5. with double accusative, conduct across, τινὰ τὸν Ἰορδάνην [LXX]
II. of things, send out, send abroad, κειμήλια πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλά..ἵνα περ τάδε τοι σόα μίμνῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2. export, ἐ. ὧν ἐπλεόναζον [Refs 4th c.BC+] —middle, τὰ πλεονάζοντα τῶν γιγνομένων ἐκπέμψασθαι export their surplus products, [Refs]
II.3. send forth, give out, σέλας [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πνεῦμα, [ὑγρόν], [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.4. utter, pronounce, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]