Quick Definition
I send forth
Strong's Definition
to send away forth, i.e. (on a mission) to despatch, or (peremptorily) to dismiss
Derivation: from G1537 (ἐκ) and G649 (ἀποστέλλω);
KJV Usage: send (away, forth, out)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐξαποστέλλω; future ἐξαποστελῶ; 1 aorist ἐξαπέστειλα; (2 aorist passive ἐξαπεσταλην); the Sept. very often for ωΘΡμΗη; properly, to send away from oneself (ἀπό) out of the place or out of doors (ἐκ (which see VI. 2));
1. to send forth: τινα, with commissions, Act_7:12; (Act_12:11); Gal_4:4; followed by an infinitive of purpose, Act_11:22 (but L T Tr WH omit the infinitive); εἰς ἔθνη, unto the Gentiles, Act_22:21 (WH marginal reading ἀποστέλλω); used also of powers, influences things (see ἀποστέλλω, 1 a.): τήν ἐπαγγελίαν, the promised blessing, Luk_24:49 T Tr WH; τό πνεῦμα εἰς τάς καρδίας, to send forth i. e. impart the Spirit to our hearts, Gal_4:6; (τό ... κήρυγμα τῆς αἰωνίου σωτηρίας, Mar_16:1-20 WH in (rejected) 'Shorter Conclusion'); ὑμῖν ὁ λόγος ... ἐξαπεστάλη, the message was sent forth, i. e. commanded to be announced, to you, Act_13:26 L T Tr WH.
2. to send away: τινα εἰς etc. Act_9:30; followed by an infinitive of purpose, Act_17:14; τινα κενόν, Luk_1:53; Luk_20:10-11. (Desm., Polybius, Diodorus.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐξαποστέλλω exapostellō 13x
to send out or forth;
to send away, dismiss, Luk_1:53 ;
to dispatch on a service or agency, Act_7:12 ;
to send forth as a pervading influence, Gal_4:6 send.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐξ -απο -στέλλω ,
[in LXX freq ., chiefly for H7971 pi .;]
1. to send forth: c . acc pers ., Act_7:12 ; Act_12:11 , Gal_4:4 ; τ . ἐπαγγελίαν , Luk_24:49 ; τ . πνεῦμα , Gal_4:6 ; [τ . κήρυγμα , Mar_16:1-20 , "shorter conclusion," WH ;] seq . εἰς , Act_22:21 ; pass ., ὁ λόγος , Act_13:26 .
2. to send away: c . acc pers ., seq . εἰς , Act_9:30 ; seq . ἕως , Act_11:22 ; c . inf ., Act_17:14 ; κενόν , Luk_1:53 ; Luk_20:10-11 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐξαποστέλλω [page 222]
For the common Bibl. meaning commission, send forth, cf. OGIS 90 .20 (Rosetta stone B.C. 196) προενοήθη δὲ καὶ ὅπως ἐξαποσταλῶσιν δυνάμεις ἱππικαί τε καὶ πεζικαί , Syll 276 .19 (a plebiscite of the Lampsacenes B.C. 196) ὁ δῆμος τοῦ Ῥωμαίων δήμου ἐξαπέσ [τει ]λεν αὐτούς , ib. 295 .8 (a decree found at Delphi c. B.C. 175) ἐ ]ξαπ [ε ]σταλκὼς θεωρούς . We may also cite PSI IV. 384 .4 (B.C. 248 7) ἐξαπέσταλκεν αὐτὸν . . . εἰς Φιλαδέλφειαν , and for the verb in the judicial sense of sending before a ruler or tribunal, cf. P Tor I. 1 iii. 13 (B.C. 117 6) ἐξαποσταλῶσι πρός σε , ὅπως τύχωσι τῆς ἁρμοζούσης ἐπιπλήξεως , P Tebt I. 22 .18 (B.C. 112) δέσμ [ιο ]ν αὐτὸν ἐξαπόστειλον πρὸς ἡμᾶς , P Ryl II. 127 .22 (A.D. 29) καὶ τοὺς αἰτίους ἐξαποστεῖλαι ἐπὶ σὲ πρὸς τὴν ἐσομένην ἐπέξοδ (ον ), and so P Par 38 .20 (B.C. 162), P Rein 17 .13 (B.C. 109), P Grenf I. 38 .18 (ii/i B.C.) : see Semeka Prozessrecht i. p. 247. For the frequency of the double compd. in late Greek, see Glaser De ratione , p. 33 f.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐξαποστέλλω fut. -στελῶ "to send quite away:—Pass." "to be dispatched", Philipp. ap. Dem.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐξ-απο-στέλλω
[in LXX freq., chiefly for שָׁלַח pi. ;]
__1. to send forth: with accusative of person(s), Act.7:12 12:11, Gal.4:4; τ. ἐπαγγελίαν, Luk.24:49; τ. πνεῦμα, Gal.4:6; [τ. κήρυγμα, Mrk.16:1-20, "shorter conclusion," WH ;] before εἰς, Act.22:21; pass., ὁ λόγος, Act.13:26.
__2. to send away: with accusative of person(s), before εἰς, Act.9:30; before ἕως, Act.11:22; with inf., Act.17:14; κενόν, Luk.1:53 20:10-11.†
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