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G1599 ἐκπέμπω (ekpémpō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I send out

Strong's Definition

to despatch

Derivation: from G1537 (ἐκ) and G3992 (πέμπω);

KJV Usage: send away (forth)

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐκπέμπω: 1 aorist ἐξέπεμψα; 1 aorist passive participle ἐκπεμφθεις; to send forth, send away: Act_13:4; Act_17:10. (From Homer down.) STRONGS NT 1599a: ἐκπερισσῶςἐκπερισσῶς, adverb, exceedingly, out of measure, the more: used of intense earnestness, Mar_14:31 L T Tr WH (for Rec. ἐκ περισσοῦ); not found elsewhere. But see ὑπερεκπερισσῶς.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐκπέμπω ekpempō 2x to send out, or away, Act_13:4 ; Act_17:10 ἐκπερισσῶς ekperissōs 1x exceedingly, vehemently, Mar_14:31

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐκ -πέμπω , [in LXX for H7971 ;] to send forth: Act_13:4 ; Act_17:10 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐκπέμπω [page 197] P Leid W x. 11 (ii/iii A.D.) τῶν ( l. τὸν ) ἦχον δυναμικώτερον ἐκπέμπει . The verb is common in judicial proceedings of sending up to trial, e.g. P Ryl II. 132 .19 (A.D. 32) ἀρχεφό (δῳ ) · ἔκπεμψο (ν ), ib. 148 .28 (A.D. 40) ὅπως . . . ἐκπέμψῃ σοι τοὺς αἰτίους , P Tebt II. 290 .1 (an order for arrest i/ii A.D.) ἔκπεμψον Γαλάτην καὶ τὴν τούτου γυναῖκα , P Oxy II. 237 vii. 25 (A.D. 186) ἵνα οἱ ἀντίδικοι ἐκπεμφθῶσι . For a weakened sense, practically = the simple verb, see P Tebt I. 55 .6 (late ii/B.C.) χαριεῖ οὖν ἐκπέμψας ἡμῖν φακοῦ (ἀρτάβας ) β̄ , you will therefore confer a favour on me by sending me two artabae of lentils (Edd.), and P Oxy IX. 1223 .11 (late iv/A.D.) σπούδασον πάραυτα τὸν ναύτην ἐπὶ τὴν πόλειν ἅμα τῷ πεμφθέντι συμμάχῳ ἐκπέμψαι , make haste to send the sailor to the city at once with the attendant whom I have sent (Ed.). The double compound συνεκπέμπω , used by Plato and Xenophon, is found in BGU IV. 1127 .36 (B.C. 8).

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἐκπέμπω fut. ψω of persons, "to send out or forth from" a place, c. gen., Hom. , Aesch. , etc.:—Mid., Od. , Soph. , etc. "to bring out by calling, call or fetch out", id=Soph. ; so in Mid., id=Soph. :—Pass. "to go forth, depart", id=Soph. "to send forth, dispatch", Thuc. "to send away, cast out", Hdt. , Aesch. ; "to divorce" a wife, Hdt. :—so in Mid., Soph. of things, "to send out, send abroad", Il. , Hdt. "to send forth, give out", σέλας Aesch.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἐκ-πέμπω [in LXX for שָׁלַח ;] to send forth: Act.13:4 17:10.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

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