Quick Definition
μεταπέμπω v. I send for, summon
Strong's Definition
to send from elsewhere, i.e. (middle voice) to summon or invite
Derivation: from G3326 (μετά) and G3992 (πέμπω);
KJV Usage: call (send) for
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | πέμπω
15.73 · (μεταπέμπομαι) · Linear Movement · Leave, Depart, Flee, Escape, Send
to send for, to summon to send someone to obtain something or someone In some languages it may be important to make somewhat more explicit some of the implied events or relationships in this phrase in ACT 10:5, for example, ‘ask a certain Simon called Peter to come’ or ‘deliver a message to a certain Simon called Peter asking him to come.’
ACT 10:5 · ACT 10:22 · ACT 10:29 · ACT 10:29 · ACT 11:13 · ACT 20:1 · ACT 24:24 · ACT 24:26 · ACT 25:3
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μετα-πέμπω: 1 aor. pass. ptep. μεταπεμφθείς; Mid., pres. ptep. μεταπεμπόμενος; 1 aor. μετεπεμψάμην; ils to send one after another [see pera, III. 3; cf. Herm. ad Vig. p. 639]. 2. like our to send after i. q. to send for: μεταπεμφθείς, sent for, Acts x. 29%. Mid. to send after for one’s self, cause to be sent for: Acts x. 5, 29°; xi. 13; [xx.1 T Tr WH]; xxiv. 24, 26; foll. by eis, w. an ace. of place, Acts x. 22; xxv. 3. (Gen. xxvii. 45; Num. xxiii. 7; 2 Mace. xv. 31; 4 Mace. xii. 8, 6; in prof. auth. fr. Hdt. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μεταπέμπω metapempō 9x
to send after; mid. to send after or for any one, invite to come to one’s self, Acts 10:5, 22, 29; 11:13; 20:1; 24:24, 26; 25:3*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μετα-πέμπω,
[in LXX (mid.): Ge 27:45 (לקח), Nu 23:7 (נחה: hi.), II Mac 15:31, III Mac 5:18 R, IV Mac 12:3 6*;]
to send after or for: pass., Ac 10:29a. Chiefly in mid., to send for, summon Ac 10:5, 22, 29b 11:13 20:1 24:24, 26 25:3.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μεταπέμπω (metapempō) — to summon. μετα-πέμπω, send after or for, Ἀγαμέμνονος πέμψαντος.. μέτα having sent for thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+].
II. mostly in middle, μεταπέμπεσθαί τινα summon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, send for, σῖτον [Refs 5th c.BC+] uses active and middle indifferently, compare [Refs]:—passive, μεταπεμφθῆναι to be sent for, [Refs 5th c.BC+]