Quick Definition
πέμπω v. I send
Strong's Definition
apparently a primary verb; to dispatch (from the subjective view or point of departure, whereas hiemi (as a stronger form of eimi) refers rather to the objective point or terminus ad quem, and 4724 denotes properly, the orderly motion involved), especially on a temporary errand; also to transmit, bestow, or wield
KJV Usage: send, thrust in
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀναπέμπω · ἐκπέμπω · μεταπέμπομαι · προπέμπω · συμπέμπω
15.66 · Linear Movement · Leave, Depart, Flee, Escape, Send
to send to cause someone to depart for a particular purpose
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15.193 · Linear Movement · Carry, Bear
to send something, to send by someone to cause someone to carry something to some destination
15.67 · Linear Movement · Leave, Depart, Flee, Escape, Send
to send a message, to send word to send a message, presumably by someone
90.88 · Case · To Cause To Experience
to cause to experience, to send upon to cause someone to experience an event or state from outside the area of normal influences
43.17 · Agriculture
Collocation: πέμπω τὸ δρέπανον
to use a sickle, to swing a sickle, to begin to harvest (an idiom, literally: to send a sickle) to begin to harvest a crop by cutting ripe grain with a sickle In REV 14:15 and REV 14:18 this idiom occurs in a figurative context, and therefore it may be necessary in some languages to speak of ‘harvesting’ rather than using a phrase which mentions the literal use of a sickle.
1 ACT 11:29 The participant who actually carries the substance in question may be merely implicit. 2 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
πέμπω ; fut. πέμψω; 1 aor. ἔπεμψα [on its epistolary use (for the pres. or the pf.) see W. 278 (261); B. 198 (172): Bp. Lehtft. on Phil. ii. (25), 28; Philem. 11]; Pass., pres. πέμπομαι; 1 aor. ἐπέμφθην (Lk. vii. 10) ; fr. Hom. down; Sept. for nw; to send: twa, absol., one to do something, Mt. xxii. 7; Lk. vii. 19; xvi. 24; Jn.i. 22; vii. 18; xiii. 16,20; xx. 21 [Treg. mrg. amooréAX.]; 2 Co. ix. 3; Phil. ii. 23, 28, ete.; τινά or τινάς is omitted where the ptep. is joined to another finite verb, as πέμψας ἀπεκεφάλισε τὸν ᾿Ιωάννην, he sent (a deputy) and beheaded John, Mt. xiv. 10; add, Acts xix. 31; xxiii. 30, (for other exx. see ἀποστέλλω, 1 d.); in imitation of the Hebr. 79 V3 Now (1S. xvi. 20; 2S. xi. 14; xii. 25; 1K. ii. 25) we find πέμψας διὰ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, he sent by his disciples (unless with Fritzsche, and Bornemann, Schol. in Lue. p. lxv., one prefer to take πέμψας absol. and to connect διὰ τ. pad. with the foll. εἶπεν [so Mey., but see (7te Aufl. ed. Weiss), Keil, De Wette, al.]), Mt. xi. 2 LT Tr WH, (so ἀποστείλας διὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου, Rev. i. 1). Teachers who come forward by God’s command and with his authority are said to be (or to have been) sent by God: as, John the Baptist, Jn. i. 33; Jesus, Jn. iv. 34; v. 23 sq. 80, 37; vi. 38-40, 44; vii. 16, 28, etc.; Ro. viii. 3; the Holy Spirit, rhetorically personified, Jn. xiv. 26; xv. 26; xvi.7. τινά, νυ. dat. of the pers. to whom one is sent: 1 Co. iv. 17; Phil.ii.19; τινά τινι παρά τινος (prop. to send one to one from one’s abode [see παρά, I. 8.7), Jn. xv. 26; πρός twa, Lk. iv. 26; Jn. xvi. 7; Acts x. 33; xv. 25; xxiii. 30; [xxv. 21 RG]; Eph. vi. 22; Phil. ii. 25 ; Col. iv. 8; Tit. iii. 12; with the ptep. λέγων added (Hebr. 7x now, Gen. xxxviii. 25; 2 5. xiv. 32, etc.), said by messenger (Germ. liess sagen), Lk. vii. 6, 19; τινὰ εἰς w. an ace. of place, Mt. ii. 8; Lk. xv. 15; xvi. 27; Acts x. 5; the end, for which one is sent is indicated — by the prep. εἰς, Eph. vi. 22; Col. iv. 8; 1 Pet. ii. 14; by an infin., Jn. i. 33; 1 Co. xvi. 3; Rev. xxii. 16. Of things, τί τινι; a. to bid a thing to be carried to one: Rey. xi. 10; with εἰς and an ace. of place added, Rev. i. 11; εἰς w. an ace. indicating the purpose, Acts xi. 29; Phil.iv.16 [here Lchm. br. eis; cf. B.329(283)]. Ὅ. to send (thrust or insert) a thing into another: Rev. xiv. 15, 18, (Ael. hist. an. 12, 5) ; τινί τι εἰς τό w. an inf., 2 Th. ii. 11. [Comp.: dva-, éx-, pera-, mpo-, συμ- πέμπω. |[Syn.: πέμπω, ἀποστέλλω: πέμπω is the general term (differing from Tue in directing attention not to the exit but to the advent); it may even imply accompaniment (as when the sender is God). ἀποστέλλω includes a refer ence to equipment, and suggests official or authoritative sending. Cf. Schmidt ch. 104; Westcott on Jn. xx. 21, ‘ Additional Note’; also ‘ Additional Note’ on 1 Jn. iii. 5.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πέμπω pempō 79x
to send, to despatch on any message, embassy, business, etc., Mt. 2:8; 11:2; 14:10; to transmit, Acts 11:29; Rev. 1:11; to dismiss, permit to go, Mk. 5:12; to send in or among, 2 Thess. 2:11; to thrust in, or put forth, Rev. 14:15, 18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πέμπω,
[in LXX chiefly for שׁלח;]
to send; of persons: c. acc., absol., Mt 22:7, Lk 7:19, Jo 1:22, II Co 9:3, al.; ptcp. seq. verb., Mt 14:10, Ac 19:31, al.; ptcp. seq. διά (= Heb. בְּיוֹד, I Ki 16:20, al.), Mt 11:2 (cf. Re 1:1); of teachers sent by God, Jo 1:33 4:34, Ro 8:3, al.; c. acc. et dat., I Co 4:17, Phl 2:19; seq. πρός, c. acc., Lk 4:26, Jo 16:7, al.; seq. λέγων (cf. Heb. שָׁלַח לֵאמֹר Ge 38:25, al.), Lk 7:6, 19; seq. εἰς, c. acc. loc., Mt 2:8, Lk 15:15, al.; seq. εἰς (of purpose), Eph 6:22, Col 4:8, I Pe 2:14; c. inf., Jo 1:33, I Co 16:3, Re 22:16;
of things: Re 11:10; seq. εἰς, Re 1:11; id., of purpose, Ac 11:29, Phl 4:16; c. dat. pers., II Th 2:11; π. τ. δρέπανον σου (cf. εξαποστείλατε δρέπανα = שָׁלַח מַגָּל, Jl 3 (4):13), Re 14:15, 18 (cf. ἀνα-, ἐκ-, μετα-, προ-, συν-πέμπω).
SYN.: ἀποστέλλω, q.v.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πέμπω. It is not necessary to do more than cite a few exx. of this common verb—P Hib I. 5415 (c. B.c. 245) (= Chrest. I. Ῥ. 563) κόμισαι δὲ Kal τὸν ἔριφον παρὰ ᾿Αριστίωνος καὶ πέμψον ἡμῖν, ‘get the kid also from Aristion and send it to me,’ P Par 63: 17(B.c. 164) (=P Petr III. p. 18) a 2 πενθέω ἐν τῶι πεμφθέντι σοι Tap ἡμῶν ὑπομνήματι, “in the minute sent to you by us,” P Tebt I. 225 (B.c. 112) πεπομφότες τῆι κα ἐπὶ τὰ σπέρματα, “having sent on the 2151 for the seed,” 26. II. 414° (ii/A.D.) t μὴ ὅτι ἠσθένηκα, πάλαι πεπόνφην cot, “had it not been for the fact that I was ill, I would have sent them to you long ago’’ (Edd.), and P Iand 108f. (iii/A.D.) ἐπένσαμέν σοι ταύτην τὴν ἐπ]ιστολὴν διὰ τῶν φυλάκων [ἐκπορευομένων, ἐπειδὴ δι᾿ ἄλλ]ου οὐ δυνάμεθα πένσαι σοι, with the editor’s note, where there are also collected a number of instances of the dropping of the 24 π, e.g. P Oxy III. 5281 (ii/a.p.) ἔπεμσας, 19 ἔπεμσε, and 24 ἔπεμσα. See also Deissmann’s note σα P Meyer 20%, MGr aor. ἔπεψα. In the letter of Psenosiris, P Grenf 11. 7319 (late iii/a.D.) (= Selections, p. 118), the ‘‘colourless”’ πέμπω is used to denote banishment into the Oasis—tiv Πολιτικὴν τὴν πεμφθεῖσαν is”"Oacry ὑπὸ τῆς ἡγεμονίας. See also Pressigke 3815 where the label attached to a body forwarded for mummification runs—Byoots πεμπομένη els Ilava(v) καὶ παραδιδομέονην αηταφιαστῇ tao Πανιοσᾶτι (/. παραδιδομένη ἐνταφιαστῇ τῷ Πανισᾶτι).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πέμπω (pempō) — to send. πέμπω, Epic dialect infinitive -έμεναι, -έμεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Ionic dialect imperfect πέμπεσκε [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future πέμψω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect πεμψῶ [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Epic dialect infinitive πεμψέμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist ἔπεμψα, Epic dialect πέμψα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect πέπομφα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐπεμπόμφει, Ionic dialect -εε, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle (not in early Prose, except in compounds ἀπο-, μετα-, προ-πέμπομαι), future πέμψομαι only falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐπεμψάμην [Refs]:—passive, future πεμφθήσομαι [Refs 1st c.BC+]: aorist ἐπέμφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: 3rd.pers. singular perfect πέπεμπται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle πεπεμμένος [Refs 4th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐπέπεμπτο [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—send, frequently of persons, as messengers, spies, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of troops, [Refs 4th c.BC+] send one on a journey, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of things, πέμψω δέ τοι οὖρον ὄπισθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. γράμματα, ἐπιστολήν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in letters, in the epistolary aorist, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; π. κακόν τινι send one evil, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποινάς, ζημίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὕπνον, ὀνείρατα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of omens, π.οἰωνόν, τέρατα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἀρωγάς, ἀλκάν, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —Constr.:
1. with accusative of place to which, π. τινὰ Θήβας, ἀγρούς, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. εἰς διδασκάλων send to school, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἐπ᾽ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης over.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π.ἐπὶ Θρῃκῶν ἵππους to them, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but πέμπειν ἐπί τι send for a purpose, ἐπ᾽ ὕδωρ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἐπί τινι send to him, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; against.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; for a purpose, ἐπὶ πολέμῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περί τινος about something, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπέρ τινος Epist. Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; παρά or πρός τινα to some one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. followed by adverbs, οἴκαδε, οἶκόνδε, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἕταρον γὰρ.. πέμπ᾽ Ἄϊδόσδε was conducting or convoying Patroclus to Hades, [Refs]
3. followed by infinitive of purpose, τὴν.. ἅρμασι π. νέεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φέρεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; send word, πέμπεις.. σῇ δάμαρτι, παῖδα σὴν δεῦρ᾽ ἀποστέλλειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πέμπουσιν οἱ ἔφοροι.. στρατεύεσθαι sent him orders to march, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with participle, κήρυκας π. ἀγγέλλοντας [Refs 8th c.BC+]
4. absolutely, ἐπέμψαμεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς περὶ ἀποστάσεως [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. send forward, nominate a person for a post, ὀνόματα Wilcken [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. send forth or away, dismiss, send home, τὸν ξεῖνον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χρὴ ξεῖνον παρεόντα φιλεῖν, ἐθέλοντα δὲ πέμπειν 'welcome the coming, speed the parting guest', [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the father who sends off his daughter to go to her husband, with dative,[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. of missiles, discharge, shoot, πέτρας [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.3. of words, send forth, utter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. conduct, escort, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently of Hermes and other gods, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ πέμπων absolutely, of Hermes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a ship, convey, carry, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
III.2. πομπὴν π. conduct, or take part in, a procession, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. χορούς move in dancing procession, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Παναθήναια π. [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, φαλλὸς Διονύσῳ πεμπόμενος carried in procession in his honour, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. send as a present, εἵματα, σῖτον, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. δῶρα, σκῦλα, ξένια, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
V. send up, produce, ὅσα πέμπει βιόδωρος αἶα [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B middle, πέμπεσθαί τινα send for one, [Refs 5th c.BC+], ubiv. [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II send in one's own service or cause to be sent, [Refs 5th c.BC+]