προπέμπω; imperfect προέπεμπον; 1 aorist active προεπεμψα; 1 aorist passive προεπεμφθην; from Homer down; 1. to send before. 2. to send forward, bring on the way, accompany or escort: τινα, 1Co_16:6; 1Co_16:11 (others associate these examples with the group at the close); with ἐκεῖ (for ἐκεῖσε) added, Rom_15:24; εἰς with an accusative of place, Act_20:38; 2Co_1:16 (here R. V. set forward (see below)); ἕως ἔξω τῆς πόλεως, Act_21:5. to set one forward, fit him out with the requisites for his journey: Act_15:3 (others associate this example with the preceding); Tit_3:13; 3Jn_1:6; 1Ma_12:4, cf. 1Es_4:47.

προπέμπω propempō 9x to send on before; to accompany or attend out of respect, escort, accompany for a certain distance on setting out on a journey, Act_15:3 ; Act_20:38 ; Act_21:5 ; to furnish with things necessary for a journey, Tit_3:13 ; 3Jn_1:6

**προ -πέμπω , [in LXX : 1Es_4:47 , Jdt_10:15 , Wis_19:2 , 1Ma_12:4 , 2Ma_6:23 * ;] 1. to send before, send forth. 2. to set forward on a journey, escort : c . acc pers ., 1Co_16:11 , Tit_3:13 , 3Jn_1:6 ; seq . εἰς , Act_20:38 ; οὗ , 1Co_16:6 ; ἕως , Act_21:5 ; pass ., Act_15:3 , Rom_15:24 , 2Co_1:16 .†

προπέμπω [page 544] (1) lit. send before, P Ryl II. 78 .18 (A.D. 157) ἀπόδε ]σ̣μον ἐπιστολῶν προπεμφθέντα ὑπ᾽ ἐμ̣ο̣ῦ , packet of letters previously sent by me, cf. .36 , PSI I. 97 .9 (letter of recommendation vi/A.D.) προπέμψαι αὐτὰς μετὰ πάσης τιμῆς , and from the inscrr. OGIS 544 .32 (ii/A.D.) προπέμψαντα [τὰ ] παροδεύοντα (στρατεύματα ), and Kaibel 39 .2 εἴ σε τύχη προὔπεμψε καὶ ἡλικίας ἐπέβησεν . (2) set forward, convoy, on a journey, as in all its NT occurrences, P Flor II. 206 .2 (iii/A.D.) τοῖς προπέμπουσι καμήλοις οὖσι τὸν ἀριθμὸν ῑδ̄ Πολύκαρπον καὶ Πρωτῦν παράσχες τὰς συνήθεις τροφάς , to the camels to the number of 14 which form the convoy of Polycarpus and Protys supply the customary foods.

προπέμπω fut. ψω aor1 προέπεμψα contr. προὔπεμψα "to send before, send on or forward", Hom. , Hdt. , attic; πρ. ἄχη "to cause" them, Soph. of things, "to send forth", Aesch. ; ἰοὺς πρ. "to shoot forth" arrows, Soph. "to conduct, attend, escort", Hdt. , attic: — "to follow" a corpse "to the grave", Aesch. ; τιμὰς θεοῖς πρ. "to carry" offerings "in procession", id=Aesch. ; jocosely, τὸν ἕνα ψωμὸν ἐνὶ ὄψῳ πρ. "to let" one piece of bread "be attended" by one condiment, Xen. "to pursue", id=Xen.

προ-πέμπω [in LXX: I Est.4:47, Jdth.10:15, Wis.19:2, 1Ma.12:4, 2Ma.6:23 * ;] __1. to send before, send forth. __2. to set forward on a journey, escort: with accusative of person(s), 1Co.16:11, Tit.3:13, 3Jn.6; before εἰς, Act.20:38; οὗ, 1Co.16:6; ἕως, Act.21:5; pass., Act.15:3, Rom.15:24, 2Co.1:16.† (AS)