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ἐξαποστέλλω

exapostellōto send out/awayHow to read Greek
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Definition

ἐξ-απο-στέλλω

[in LXX freq., chiefly for שָׁלַח pi. ;]

1. to send forth: with accusative of person(s), Acts 7:12; 12:11, Galatians 4:4; τ. ἐπαγγελίαν, Luke 24:49; τ. πνεῦμα, Galatians 4:6; [τ. κήρυγμα, Mark 16:1-20, "shorter conclusion," WH ;] before εἰς, Acts 22:21; pass., ὁ λόγος, Acts 13:26.

2. to send away: with accusative of person(s), before εἰς, Acts 9:30; before ἕως, Acts 11:22; with inf., Acts 17:14; κενόν, Luke 1:53; 20:10-11.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἐξαποστέλλω:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

12 total
  1. Luke 1:53ἐξαπέστειλεν · has sent
    He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
  2. Luke 20:10ἐξαπέστειλαν · [and] sent him away
    At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.
  3. Luke 20:11ἐξαπέστειλαν · sending [him] away
    So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.
  4. Acts 7:12ἐξαπέστειλεν · he sent
    When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
  5. Acts 9:30ἐξαπέστειλαν · sent him off
    When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
  6. Acts 11:22ἐξαπέστειλαν · they sent
    When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
  7. Acts 12:11ἐξαπέστειλεν · has sent
    Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
  8. Acts 13:26ἐξαπεστάλη · has been sent
    Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
  9. Acts 17:14ἐξαπέστειλαν · sent
    The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
  10. Acts 22:21ἐξαποστελῶ · will send
    Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
  11. Galatians 4:4ἐξαπέστειλεν · sent
    But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
  12. Galatians 4:6ἐξαπέστειλεν · sent
    And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”