Quick Definition
ἐξαποστέλλω v. I send forth
Strong's Definition
from 1537 and 649; to send away forth, i.e. (on a mission) to despatch, or (peremptorily) to dismiss
KJV Usage: send (away, forth, out)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | fut. ἐξαποστελῶ · aor. ἐξαπέστειλα · aor.pass. ἐξαπεστάλην | στέλλομαι
1 πέμπω, ἀποστέλλω, and ἐξαποστέλλω in the contexts in 15.67 could be classified as a type of communication in Domain 33.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐξ-απο-στέλλω ; fut. ἐξαποστελῶ; 1 aor. ἐξαπέστειλα; [2 aor. pass. ἐξαπεστάλην]; Sept. very often for Mov; prop. to send away from one’s self (ἀπό) out of the place or out of doors (ἐκ [q. ν. VI. 2]); 1. to send forth: “τινά, with commissions, Acts vii. 12; [xii. 11]; Gal. iv. 4; foll. by inf. of purpose, Acts xi. 22 (but 1, T Tr WH om. the inf.) ; εἰς ἔθνη, unto the Gentiles, Acts xxii. 21 [WH mrg. droor.]; used also of powers, influences, things, (see ἀποστέλλω, 1 a.) : τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν, the promised blessing, Lk. xxiv.49 T Tr WH; τὸ πνεῦμα εἰς τὰς καρδίας, to send forth i.e. impart the Spirit to our hearts, Gal. iv. 6; [τὸ .. . κήρυγμα τῆς αἰωνίου σωτηρίας, Mk. xvi. WH in (rejected) ‘Shorter Conclusion’]; ὑμῖν ὁ λόγος ...€farectddn, the message was sent forth, i. 6. commanded to be announced, to you, Acts xiii. 26 LT Tr WH. 2. to send away: τινὰ εἰς etc. Acts ix. 30; foll. by inf. of purpose, Acts xvii. 14; τινὰ κενόν, Lk. 1. 53; xx. 10, 11., (Dem., Polyb., Diod.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐξαποστέλλω exapostellō 13x
to send out or forth; to send away, dismiss, Lk. 1:53; to dispatch on a service or agency, Acts 7:12; to send forth as a pervading influence, Gal. 4:6
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐξ-απο-στέλλω
[in LXX freq., chiefly for שָׁלַח pi. ;]
to send forth: c. acc pers., Ac 7:12 12:11, Ga 4:4; τ. ἐπαγγελίαν, Lk 24:49; τ. πνεῦμα, Ga 4:6; [τ. κήρυγμα, Mk 16:1-20, "shorter conclusion," WH ;] seq. εἰς, Ac 22:21; pass., ὁ λόγος, Ac 13:26.
to send away: c. acc pers., seq. εἰς, Ac 9:30; seq. ἕως, Ac 11:22; c. inf., Ac 17:14; κενόν, Lk 1:53 20:10, 11.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐξαποστέλλω. For the common Bibl. meaning ‘‘ commission,” ‘‘ send forth,” cf. OGZS 90° (Rosetta stone—B.C. 196) προενοήθη δὲ kal ὅπως ἐξαποσταλῶσιν δυνάμεις ἱππικαί τε καὶ πεζικαί, Syll 276159 (a plebiscite of the Lampsacenes—B.c. 196) © δῆμος τοῦ Ρωμαίων δήμου ἐξαπέστειλεν αὐτούς, 7. 2058 (a decree found αἱ Delphi—e. B.c. 175) ἐ]ξαπ[ε]σταλκὼς | θεωρούς. We may also cite PSI IV. 384* (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. 4.18 (g.c. 117-6) ἐξαποσταλῶσι πρός σε, ὅπως τύχωσι τῆς ἁρμοζούσης ἐπιπλήξεως, P Tebt I. 2218 (B.c. 112) δέσμ[ιο]ν αὐτὸν ἐξαπόστειλον πρὸς ἡμᾶς, P Εν] II. 1275} (A.D. 29) καὶ τοὺς αἰτίους ἐξαποστεῖλαι ἐπὶ σὲ πρὸς τὴν ἐσομένην ἐπέξοδ(ον), and so P Par 3829 (B.c. 162), P Rein 1715 (B.c. 109), P Grenf I. 3818 (ii/i B.c.): see Semeka Prozessrecht i. p. 247. For the frequency of the double compd. in late Greek, see Glaser De vatione, p. 33 f.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐξαποστέλλω (exapostellō) — to send out/away. ἐξαπο-στέλλω, future -στελῶ[LXX]: perfect ἐξαπέσταλκα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—dispatch, πρεσβευτάς [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; βιβλίον τινί [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, to be dispatched, Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑπό τινων [Refs]; ἐξαπεσταλμένοι μάχεσθαι Aristeas 13; also ἡμῶν ὁ λόγος -εστάλη [NT]
2. send forth, [δαίμων] -στέλλων ὕδατα καὶ ἀνέμους [Refs]
3. of prisoners, send before a tribunal, ἐ. τινὰ δέσμιον πρός τινας [Refs 2nd c.BC+], etc.: —passive, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II. send away, dismiss, e.g. a prisoner, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐ. τινὰ κενόν send away empty-handed, [NT]; divorce a wife, [LXX]; expel, ἐκ τοῦ παραδείσον[LXX]
III. discharge a projectile, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
IV. destroy, ὀχυρώματα ἐν πυρί [LXX]
V. emit, display, φαντασίαν [Refs 5th c.AD+]
