to send
apostello describes sending people, messages, or things onward to a recipient, place, or assigned task.
The observed use most often concerns dispatching people to a place, recipient, or task: individuals are sent ahead, summoned, or sent into the world. It also applies to what is conveyed onward, including a word, orders, an offering, and salvation.
Senses in use
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Dispatch people for a destination or task · dominant
The active forms place people under the action of a sender and direct them toward a place or purpose. In Luke 10:1 the APB renders the Lord sending seventy-two ahead into cities; in Acts 8:14 Peter and John are sent to Samaria, and in John 17:18 the clause compares the Father's sending of Jesus into the world with Jesus' sending of others into the world.
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Convey a word, order, or item onward · common
The term can have a message, order, offering, or salvation as what is sent rather than a person. In Acts 10:36 the APB renders a word sent to the sons of Israel; Acts 16:36 reports orders sent for release, while Acts 11:30 describes an item being sent to elders through Barnabas and Saul.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses the APB commonly uses “sent” or “send,” while related clauses use expressions such as “sending it,” “sent orders,” and “sent word.” These renderings confirm the clauses' overall movement or conveyance without assigning every English expression to this term alone.