Lexicon
ἐξαποστέλλω
exapostellō
G1821
G:V Greek

to send out/away

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Exapostello describes dispatching someone or something onward, and in some scenes sending a person away.

The verb most often marks the dispatch of a person, message, or promised gift toward a destination or recipients; less often, the context is the removal or dismissal of someone away from a place or group.

Senses in use

  1. Dispatching toward people or a destination · dominant

    The aorist active forms describe agents sending someone or something onward: in Acts 11:22 the church sends Barnabas to Antioch, and in Acts 7:12 Jacob sends the fathers to Egypt. The same use includes the passive statement in Acts 13:26 that the word of salvation has been sent out, and the future active form in Acts 22:21, where the speaker says he will send the addressee far away to the Gentiles.

  2. Sending away or dismissing · occasional

    In Acts 17:14, the brothers send Paul away toward the sea while Silas and Timothy remain. In Luke 1:53 the rich are sent away empty, and in Luke 20:10 and Luke 20:11 the farmers beat and send the slaves away empty-handed.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously renders the clauses with “sent,” “sent out,” “send you out,” “sent forth,” and “sending.” It also uses “sent... away” where the surrounding clauses portray dismissal; These English choices are treated as renderings of the verse context.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture