ἀπο-στέλλω; fut. ἀποστελῶ ; 1 aor. ἀπέστειλα; pf. ἀπέσταλκα, [3 pers. plur. ἀπέσταλκαν Acts xvi. 36 LT Tr WH (see γίνομαι init.) ; Pass., pres. drooreAAopat |; pf. ἀπέσταλpat; 2 aor. ἀπεστάλην ; [fr. Soph. down]; prop. to send off; sena away ; 1. to order (one) to go to a place ap6/ 5 τς ἀποστέλλω pointed; a. either persons sent with commissions, or things intended for some one. So, very frequently, Jesus teaches that God sent him, as Mt. x. 40; Mk. ix. 37; Lk. x.16; Jn. v. 36, ete. he, too, is said to have sent his apostles, i. 6. to have appointed them: Mk. vi. 7; Mt. x.16; Lk. xxii. 35; Jn. xx. 21, etc. messengers are sent: LK. vii. 3 ; ix. 52; x. 1; servants, Mk. vi. 27; xii. 2; Mt. xxi. 36; xxii. 3; an embassy, Lk. xiv. 32; xix. 14; angels, Mk. xiii. 27; Mt. xxiv. 31, ete. Things are said to be sent, which are ordered to be led away or conveyed to any one, as Mt. xxi. 3; Mk. xi. 3; τὸ δρέπανον i.e. reapers, Mk. iv. 29 [al. take ἀποστέλλω here of the “ putting forth” of the sickle, i. e. of the act of reaping; cf. Joel (iii. 18) iv. 13; Rev. xiv. 15 (s. v. πέμπω, b.) }; τὸν λόγον, Acts x. 36; xiii. 26 (1, T Tr WH ἐξαπεστάλη) ; τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν (equiv. to τὸ ἐπηγγελμένον, i. 6. the promised Holy Spirit) ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς, Lk. xxiv. 49 [T Tr WH ἐξαποστέλλω ; τὶ διὰ χειρός τινος, after the Hebr. 1713, Acts χὶ. 80. Ὁ. The Place of the sending is specified : ἀποστ. εἴς τινα τόπον, Mt. xx. 2; Lk. i. 26; Acts vii. 34; x. 8; xix. 22; 2 Tim. iv. 12; Rev. v. 6, ete. God sent Jesus eis τὸν κόσμον : Jn. iii. 17; x. 36; xvii. 18; 1 Jn. iv. 9. εἰς [unto 1.6.1 among: Mt. xv. 24; Lk. xi.49; Acts [xxii. 21 WH mrg.]; xxvi.17; [ἐν (by a pregnant or a Lat. construction) cf. W. $50, 4; B. 329 (283): Mt. x. 16; Lk. x. 3; yet see 1 a. above]; ὀπίσω τινός, Lk. xix. 14; ἔμπροσθέν twos, Jn. iii. 28; and πρὸ προσώπου τινός, after the Hebr. 359, before (to precede) one: Mt. xi. 10; Mk. i. 2; Lk. vii. 27; x. 1. πρός twa, to one: Mt. xxi. 34, 37; Mk. xii. 2 sq.; Lk. vii. 3, 20; Jn. v. 33; Acts viii. 14; 2 Co. xii. 17, ete. Whence,or by or from whom, one is sent: ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, Lk. i. 26 (T Tr WH aro) ; παρὰ θεοῦ, Jn. i. 6 (Sir. xv. 9); ἀπό with gen. of pers., from the house of any one: Acts x.17 [T WH Tr mrg. ὑπό], 21 Rec. ; ἐκ with gen. of place: Jn. i. 19. c. The Object of the mission is indicated by an infin. following: Mk. iii. 14; Mt. xxii. 3; Lk.i.19; iv. 18 (Is. lxi. 1, [on the pf. cf. W. 272 (255); B. 197 (171)]); Lk. ix. 2; Jn. iv. 38; 1 Co.i.17; Rev. xxii. 6. [foll. by εἰς for. eis διακονίαν, Heb. i. 14. foll. by wa: Mk. xii. 2,13; Lk. xx.10, 20; Jn.i. 193 111. 17; vii. 32; 1Jn.iv. 9. [foll. by ὅπως: Actsix.17.] foll. by an ace. withinf.: Acts v. 21. foll. by twa with a pred. ace. : Acts iii. 26 (εὐλογοῦντα ὑμᾶς to confer God’s blessing on you [cf. B. 203 (176) sqq-]) ; Acts vii. 35 (ἄρχοντα, to be aruler); 1 Jn. iv. 10. ἃ. ἀποστέλλειν by itself, without an ace. [ef. W. 594 (552); B. 146 (128)]: as ἀποστέλλειν πρός τινα, Jn. ν. 33; with the addition of the ptep. λέγων, λέγουσα, λέγοντες, to say through a messenger : Mt. xxvii. 19; MK. iii. 31 [here φωνοῦντες αὐτόν R G, καλοῦντες ait. 1, T Tr WH); Jn. xi. 3; Acts xiii. 15; [xxi. 25 περὶ τῶν πεπιστευκότων ἐθνῶν ἡμεῖς ἀπεστείλαμεν (L Tr txt. WH txt.) xpivavres ete. we sent word, giving judgment, ete.]. When one accomplished anything through a messenger, it is expressed thus: ἀποστείλας or πέμψας he did so and so; as, ἀποστείλας ἀνεῖλε, Mt. ii. 16; Mk. vi. 17; Acts vii. 14; Rey. i. 1; (so also the Greeks, as Xen. Cyr. 3, 1, 6 πέμψας ἠρώτα, Plut. de liber. educ. c. 14 πέμψας ἀνεῖλε τὸν Θεό-

ἀποστέλλω apostellō 132x

to send forth a messenger, agent, message, or command, Mt. 2:16; 10:5; to put forth into action, Mk. 4:29; to liberate, rid, Lk. 4:19; to dismiss, send away, Mk. 12:3

ἀπο-στέλλω,

[in LXX very freq., almost always for שׁלח;]

prop., to send away, to dispatch on service; to send with a commission, or on service; of persons: Christ, Mt 10:40; the apostles, 10:16; servants, Mk 12:2; angels, 13:27;

of things: ὄνος, Mt 21:3; τὸ δρέπανον, Mk 4:29; τ. λόγον, Ac 10:36; τ. ἐπαγγελίαν (i.e. the promised Holy Spirit), Lk 24:49, Rec.; seq. εἰς, Mt 20:2, Lk 11:49, Jo 3:17; ὀπίσω, Lk 19:14; ἔμπροσθεν, Jo 3:28; πρὸ προσώπου, Mt 11:10; πρός, Mt 21:34; with ref. to sender or place of departure: ἀπό, Lk 1:26 (Rec. ὑπό); παρά, Jo 1:6; ἐκ, Jo 1:19; ὑπό, Ac 10:17 (Rec. ἀπό); seq. inf., Mk 3:14, al.; ἵνα, Mk 12:2, al.; εἰς (of purpose), He 1:14; without direct obj.: seq. πρός, Jo 5:33; λέγων, Jo 11:3; ἀποστείλας, c. indic., Mt 2:16, Ac 7:14, Re 1:1.

to send away, dismiss: Lk 4:18, Mk 5:10 8:26 12:3 (cf. ἐξ-, συν-αποστέλλω).

SYN.: πέμπω, the general term. ἀ. "suggests official or authoritative sending" (v. Thayer, s.v. πέμπω; Westc., Jo., 298; Epp. Jo., 125; Cremer, 529; MM, s.v.).

ἀποστέλλω. The verb is common in the sense of mz¢¢o. Thus P Par 32°° (B.c. 152) (= Witkowski?, p. 68) Καβάτοκον δ᾽ ἐπιτηρῶ, ἂν κατα[π]λῇ, ἀποστεῖλαί σοι, P Oxy IV. 744° (B.C. 1) (= Selections, p. 33) ἐὰν εὐθὺς ὀψώνιον λάβωμεν ἀποστελῶ

ἀποστέλλω (apostellō) — to send. ἀποστέλλω, future -στελῶ: aorist ἀπέστειλα (see. below):— send off or away from, μή μ᾽.. τῆσδ᾽ ἀποστείλητε γῆς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; send away, banish, τὰ δίκαια[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, go away, depart, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. dispatch, on some mission or service, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of messengers or forces, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἰκιστάς (as a form of banishment), [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, with infinitive, οἱ ἀποσταλέντες στρατεύεσθαι[Refs]

III. put off, doff, θαἰμάτια[Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV. intransitive, retire, withdraw, of the sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, οἴκαδε[Refs 4th c.BC+]