πέμπω; future πέμψω; 1 aorist ἔπεμψα (on its epistolary use (for the present or the perfect) see Winers Grammar, 278 (261); Buttmann, 198 (172); Lightfoot on Php_2:1-30 :(25),28; Phm_1:11); passive, present πέμπομαι; 1 aorist ἐπεμφθην (Luk_7:10); from Homer down; the Sept. for ωΘΡμΗη; to send: τινα, absolutely, one to do something, Mat_22:7; Luk_7:19; Luk_16:24; Joh_1:22; Joh_7:18; Joh_13:16; Joh_13:20; Joh_20:21 (Treg. marginal reading ἀποστέλλω); 2Co_9:3; Php_2:23; Php_2:28, etc.; τινα or τινας is omitted where the participle is joined to another finite verb, as πέμψας ἀπεκεφάλισε τόν λωαννην, he sent (a deputy) and beheaded John, Mat_14:10; add, Act_19:31; Act_23:30 (for other examples see ἀποστέλλω, 1 d.); in imitation of the Hebrew τΜ αΐΜιΗγ ωΘΡμΗη (1Sa_16:20; 2Sa_11:14; 2Sa_12:25; 1Ki_2:25) we find πέμψας διά τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, he sent by his disciples (unless with Fritzsche, and Bornemann, Schol. in Luc., p. lxv., one prefer to take πέμψας absolutely and to connect διά τῶν μαθητῶν with the following εἶπεν (so Meyer, but see (7te Aufl., Weiss edition), Keil, DeWette, others)), Mat_11:2 L T Tr WH (so ἀποστείλας διά τοῦ ἀγγέλου, Rev_1:1). Teachers who come forward by God's command and with his anthority are said to be (or to have been) sent by God: as, John the Baptist, Joh_1:33; Jesus, Joh_4:34; John 5:23 f, 30 , 37 ; Joh_6:38-40; Joh_6:44; Joh_7:16; Joh_7:28, etc.; Rom_8:3; the Holy Spirit, rhetorically personified, Joh_14:26; Joh_15:26; Joh_16:7. τινα, with the dative of the person to whom one is sent: 1Co_4:17; Php_2:19; τινα τίνι παρά τίνος (properly, to send one to one from one's abode (see παρά, I. a.)), Joh_15:26; πρός τινα, Luk_4:26; Joh_16:7; Act_10:33; Act_15:25; Act_23:30; (xxv. 21 R G); Eph_6:22; Php_2:25; Col_4:8; Tit_3:12; with the participle λέγων added (Hebrew μΕΰξΙψ ωΘΡμΗη, Gen_38:25; 2Sa_14:32, etc.), said by messenger (German liess sagen), Luk_7:6; Luk_7:19; τινα εἰς with an accusative of place, Mat_2:8; Luk_15:15; Luk_16:27; Act_10:5; the end, for which one is sent is indicated by the preposition εἰς, Eph_6:22; Col_4:8; 1Pe_2:14; by an infinitive, Joh_1:33; 1Co_16:3; Rev_22:16. Of things, τί τίνι, a. to bid a thing to be carried to one: Rev_11:10; with εἰς and an accusative of place added, Rev_1:11; εἰς with an accusative indicating the purpose, Act_11:29; Php_4:16 (here Lachmannbr. εἰς; cf. Buttmann, 329 (283)). b. to send (thrust or insert) a thing into another: Rev_14:15; Rev_14:18 (Aelian hist. an. 12, 5); τίνι τί εἰς τό with an inf, 2Th_2:11. (Compare: ἀναπέμπω, ἐκπέμπω, μεταπέμπω, προπέμπω, συμπέμπω.) [SYNONYMS: πέμπω, ἀποστέλλω: πέμπω is the general term (differing from ἵημι in directing attention not to the exit but to the advent); it may even imply accompaniment (as when the sender is God). ἀποστέλλω includes a reference to equipment, and suggests official or authoritative sending. Cf. Schmidt, chapter 104; Westcott on Joh_20:21, 'Additional Note'; also 'Additional Note' on 1Jn_3:5.]

πέμπω pempō 79x to send, to despatch on any message, embassy, business, etc., Mat_2:8 ; Mat_11:2 ; Mat_14:10 ; to transmit, Act_11:29 ; Rev_1:11 ; to dismiss, permit to go, Mar_5:12 ; to send in or among, 2Th_2:11 ; to thrust in, or put forth, Rev_14:15 ; Rev_14:18 send.

πέμπω , [in LXX chiefly for H7971 ;] to send; (a) of persons: c . acc , absol. , Mat_22:7 , Luk_7:19 , Joh_1:22 , 2Co_9:3 , al. ; ptcp . seq . verb., Mat_14:10 , Act_19:31 , al. ; ptcp . seq . διά ( = Heb . H3027 ;, 1Sa_16:20 , al. ), Mat_11:2 ( cf. Rev_1:1 ); of teachers sent by God, Joh_1:33 ; Joh_4:34 , Rom_8:3 , al. ; c . acc et dat ., 1Co_4:17 , Php_2:19 ; seq . πρός , c . acc , Luk_4:26 , Joh_16:7 , al. ; seq . λέγων ( cf. Heb . H559 H7971 Gen_38:25 , al. ), Luk_7:6 ; Luk_7:19 ; seq . εἰς , c . acc loc ., Mat_2:8 , Luk_15:15 , al. ; seq . εἰς (of purpose), Eph_6:22 , Col_4:8 , 1Pe_2:14 ; c . inf ., Joh_1:33 , 1Co_16:3 , Rev_22:16 ; (b) of things : Rev_11:10 ; seq . εἰς , Rev_1:11 ; id ., of purpose, Act_11:29 , Php_4:16 ; c. dat. pers ., 2Th_2:11 ; Papyri τ . δρέπανον σου ( cf. εξαποστείλατε δρέπανα = H4038 H7971 , Joe_3:13 ), Rev_14:15 ; Rev_14:18 ( cf. ἀνα -, ἐκ -, μετα -, προ -, συν -πέμπω ). SYN.: ἀποστέλλω , q.v.

πέμπω [page 502] It is not necessary to do more than cite a few exx. of this common verb P Hib I. 54 .19 ( c. B.C. 245) (= Chrest. I. P. 563 ) κόμισαι δὲ καὶ τὸν ἔριφον .παρὰ Ἀριστίωνος καὶ πέμψον ἡμῖν , get the kid also from Aristion and send it to me, P Par 63 i. 17 (B.C. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 18) ἐν τῶι πεμφθέντι σοι παρ᾽ ἡμῶν ὑπομνήματι , in the minute sent to you by us, P Tebt I. 22 .6 (B.C. 112) πεπομφότες τῆι κ̄ᾱ ἐπὶ τὰ σπέρματα , having sent on the 21st for the seed, ib. II. 414 .9 (ii/A.D.) ἰ μὴ ὅτι ἠσθένηκα , πάλαι πεπόνφην σοι , had it not been for the fact that I was ill, I would have sent them to you long ago (Edd.), and P Iand 10 .3 f (iii/A.D.) ἐπένσαμέν σοι ταύτην τὴν ἐπ ]ιστολὴν διὰ τῶν φυλάκων [ἐκπορευομένων , ἐπειδὴ δι᾽ ἄλλ̣]ου οὐ δυνάμεθα πένσαι σοι , with the editor s note, where there are also collected a number of instances of the dropping of the 2 d π , e.g. P Oxy III. 528 .11 (ii/A.D.) ἔπεμσας , .19 ἔπεμσε , and .24 ἔπεμσα . See also Deissmann s note ad P Meyer 20 .12 . MGr aor. ἔπεψα . In the letter of Psenosiris, P Grenf II. 73 .10 (late iii/A.D.) ( = Selections , p. 118), the colourless πέμπω is used to denote banishment into the Oasis τὴν Πολιτικὴν τὴν πεμφθεῖσαν εἰς Ὄασιν ὑπὸ τῆς ἡγεμονίας . See also Preisigke 3815 where the label attached to a body forwarded for mummification runs Βησοῦς πεμπομένη εἰς Πανῶ (ν ) καὶ παραδιδομέονην αηταφιαστῇ τῶο Πανιοσᾶτι ( l. παραδιδομένη ἐνταφιαστῇ τῷ Πανισᾶτι ).

πέμπω "to send, despatch", Il. , etc.; of a ship, "to convey, carry", Od. ; c. dupl. acc., ὁδὸν π. τινά "to conduct" one "on" his way Soph. "to send forth or away, dismiss", like ἀποπέμπω, "to send home", Hom. ; χρὴ ξεῖνον παρεόντα φιλεῖν, ἐθέλοντα δὲ πέμπειν, "welcome the coming, "speed" the parting guest, " Od. of missiles, "to discharge, shoot forth", Hes. of words, "to send forth, utter", Aesch. , Soph. "to conduct, convoy, escort", Lat. deduco, Hom. , etc.; ὁ πέμπων absol., of Hermes, Soph. :— πομπὴν πέμπειν "to conduct" a procession, Hdt. , Thuc. ; π. χορούς Eur. , Xen. : in Pass., πέμπεσθαι Διονύσωι "to be carried in procession" in his honour, Hdt. "to send with" one, "give" as provision for a journey, Od. , Hdt. , etc. like ἀναπέμπω, "to send up, produce", Soph. in Mid., πέμπεσθαί τινα, ῀ μεταπέμπεσθαι, "to send for" one, Soph. , Eur. "to send for oneself, to send in one's own service or cause" some one "to be sent", Soph.

πέμπω [in LXX chiefly for שָׁלַח ;] to send; __(a) of persons: with accusative, absol., Mat.22:7, Luk.7:19, Jhn.1:22, 2Co.9:3, al.; ptcp. before verb., Mat.14:10, Act.19:31, al.; ptcp. before διά (= Heb. יָד;, 1Ki.16:20, al.), Mat.11:2 (cf. Rev.1:1); of teachers sent by God, Jhn.1:33 4:34, Rom.8:3, al.; with accusative and dative, 1Co.4:17, Php.2:19; before πρός, with accusative, Luk.4:26, Jhn.16:7, al.; before λέγων (cf. Heb. אָמַר שָׁלַח Gen.38:25, al.), Luk.7:6, 19; before εἰς, with accusative loc., Mat.2:8, Luk.15:15, al.; before εἰς (of purpose), Eph.6:22, Col.4:8, 1Pe.2:14; with inf., Jhn.1:33, 1Co.16:3, Rev.22:16; __(b) of things : Rev.11:10; before εἰς, Rev.1:11; id., of purpose, Act.11:29, Php.4:16; with dative of person(s), 2Th.2:11; π. τ. δρέπανον σου (cf. εξαποστείλατε δρέπανα = מַגָּל שָׁלַח, Jol.3:13), Rev.14:15, 18 (cf. ἀνα-, ἐκ-, μετα-, προ-, συν-πέμπω) SYN.: ἀποστέλλω, q.v (AS)