G4311: προπέμπω (propémpō)

G4311 προπέμπω (propémpō)

Greek

Quick Definition

προπέμπω v. I send forward, accompany

Strong's Definition

from 4253 and 3992; to send forward, i.e. escort or aid in travel

KJV Usage: accompany, bring (forward) on journey (way), conduct forth

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

προπέμπω (G4311)

verb | πέμπω

15.72 · Linear Movement · Leave, Depart, Flee, Escape, Send

to send on one’s way, to help on one’s way to send someone on in the direction in which he has already been moving, with the probable implication of providing help

ACT 15:3 · ROM 15:24 · 1CO 16:6 · 1CO 16:11 · 2CO 1:16 · TIT 3:13 · 3JN 1:6

15.155 · Linear Movement · Come/Go With, Travel With

to escort, to accompany to accompany a person for a short distance at the beginning of a journey

ACT 20:38 · ACT 21:5

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

προ-πέμπω ; impf. προέπεμπον; 1 aor. act. προέπεμψα; 1 aor. pass. προεπέμφθην; fr. Hom. down; 1. tosend before. 2. to send forward, bring on the way, accompany or escort: τινά, 1 Co. xvi. 6, 11, [al. associate these exx. with the group at the close]; with ἐκεῖ (for ἐκεῖσε) added, Ro. xv. 24; eis with an acc. of place, Acts xx. 38; 2Co.i. 16 [here R. V. set forward (see below) ]; ἕως ἔξω τῆς πόλεως, Acts xxi. 5. to set one forward, fit him out with the requisites for his journey: Acts xv. 3 [8]. associate this ex. with the preceding]; Tit. iii. 13; 3 Jn. 6; 1 Mace. xii. 4, ef. 1 Esdr. iv. 47.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

προπέμπω propempō 9x

to send on before; to accompany or attend out of respect, escort, accompany for a certain distance on setting out on a journey, Acts 15:3; 20:38; 21:5; to furnish with things necessary for a journey, Tit. 3:13; 3 Jn. 6

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** προ-πέμπω,

[in LXX: I Es 4:47, Jth 10:15, Wi 19:2, I Mac 12:4, II Mac 6:23*;]

to send before, send forth.

to set forward on a journey, escort: c. acc. pers., I Co 16:11, Tit 3:13, III Jo 6; seq. εἰς, Ac 20:38; οὗ, I Co 16:6; ἕως, Ac 21:5; pass., Ac 15:3, Ro 15:24, II Co 1:16.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

προπέμπω, (1) lit. ‘send before,” P Ryl II. 7818 (a.p. 157) ἀπόδεῖσμον ἐπιστολῶν προπεμφθέντα ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ, “packet of letters previously sent by me,” οἵ. 35, PSI I. 97% (letter of recommendation—vi/A.D.) προπέμψαι αὐτὰς μετὰ πάσης τιμῆς, and from the inscrr. OG/S 544%? (ii/A.D.) προπέμψαντα [τὰ] παροδεύοντα (στρατεύματα), and Aazbe/ 39° εἴ σε τύχη προὔπεμψε καὶ ἡλικίας ἐπέβησεν. (2) ““5εῖ forward,” ‘‘convoy,” on a journey, as in all its NT occurrences, P Flor II. 206? (iii/A.D.) τοῖς προπέμπουσι καμήλοις οὖσι τὸν ἀριθμὸν ιδ ΠΤολύκαρπον kal ΠΙρωτῦν παράσχες τὰς συνήθεις τροφάς, “to the camels to the number of 14 which form the convoy of Polycarpus and Protys supply the customary foods.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

προπέμπω (propempō) — to help on the way. προπέμπω, aorist προέπεμψα, contraction προὔπεμψα, send before, send forward or forth, πρό μ᾽ ἔπεμψεν ἄναξ [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle,[Refs]:—passive, impersonal, προπέπεμπται [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b with a thing for the object, τινὶ φήμας π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξίφος afford, furnish, [Refs] (Lyric poetry); π. ἄχη cause, [Refs]

2. of things, send forth, σποδὸς π. πίονας πλούτου πνοάς [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. conduct, escort, especially a departing traveller, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τινὰ χθονός from the land, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially follow a corpse to the grave, τινὰ ἐπὶ τύμβῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τιμὰς π. θεοῖς carry offerings in procession, [Refs 4th c.BC+] let one piece of bread be attended by one condiment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a funeral procession, -πεμφθέντες κοινῇ ὑπὸ τῆς πόλεως [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πανδημεὶ προπεμπομένους ἐπὶ θάνατον, of the Minotaur's victims, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. pursue, [Refs 5th c.BC+]