ἀποστέλλω
apostellō
ἀπο-στέλλω,
[in LXX very freq., almost always for שׁלח ;]
prop., to send away, to dispatch on service;
1. to send with a commission, or on service;
(a) of persons: Christ, Mat.10:40; the apostles, 10:16; servants, Mrk.12:2; angels, 13:27;
(b) of things: ὄνος, Mat.21:3; τὸ δρέπανον, Mrk.4:29; τ. λόγον, Act.10:36; τ. ἐπαγγελίαν (i.e. the promised Holy Spirit), Luk.24:49, Rec.; before εἰς, Mat.20:2, Luk.11:49, Jhn.3:17; ὀπίσω, Luk.19:14; ἔμπροσθεν, Jhn.3:28; πρὸ προσώπου, Mat.11:10; πρός, Mat.21:34; with ref. to sender or place of departure: ἀπό, Luk.1:26 (Rec. ὑπό); παρά, Jhn.1:6; ἐκ, ib. 1:19; ὑπό, Act.10:17 (Rec. ἀπό); before inf., Mrk.3:14, al.; ἵνα, Mrk.12:2, al.; εἰς (of purpose), Heb.1:14; without direct obj.: before πρός, Jhn.5:33; λέγων, Jhn.11:3; ἀποστείλας, with indic., Mat.2:16, Act.7:14, Rev.1:1.
2. to send away, dismiss: Luk.4:18, Mrk.5:10 8:26 12:3 (cf. ἐξ-, συν-αποστέλλω).
SYN.: πέμπω, the general term. ἀ. "suggests official or authoritative sending" (see Thayer, see word πέμπω; Westc., Jo., 298; Epp. Jo., 125; Cremer, 529; MM, see word). (AS)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 130 verses
- Matthew 2:16 ἀποστείλας
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
- Matthew 8:31 ἀπόστειλον
So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
- Matthew 10:5 ἀπέστειλεν
These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.
- Matthew 10:16 ἀποστέλλω
Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
- Matthew 10:40 ἀποστείλαντά
He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.
- Matthew 11:10 ἀποστέλλω
This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’
- Matthew 13:41 ἀποστελεῖ
The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
- Matthew 14:35 ἀπέστειλαν
And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding region. People brought all the sick to Him
- Matthew 15:24 ἀπεστάλην
He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
- Matthew 20:2 ἀπέστειλεν
He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
- Matthew 21:1 ἀπέστειλεν
As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,
- Matthew 21:3 ἀποστελεῖ
If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”
- Matthew 21:34 ἀπέστειλεν
When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.
- Matthew 21:36 ἀπέστειλεν
Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.
- Matthew 21:37 ἀπέστειλεν
Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
- Matthew 22:3 ἀπέστειλεν
He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
- Matthew 22:4 ἀπέστειλεν
Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
- Matthew 22:16 ἀποστέλλουσιν
They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.
- Matthew 23:34 ἀποστέλλω
Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.
- Matthew 23:37 ἀπεσταλμένους
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
- Matthew 24:31 ἀποστελεῖ
And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
- Matthew 27:19 ἀπέστειλεν
While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”
- Mark 1:2 ἀποστέλλω
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”
- Mark 3:14 ἀποστέλλῃ
He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,
- Mark 3:31 ἀπέστειλαν
Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,
- Mark 4:29 ἀποστέλλει
And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
- Mark 5:10 ἀποστείλῃ
And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.
- Mark 6:7 ἀποστέλλειν
Then Jesus called the Twelve to Him and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.
- Mark 6:17 ἀποστείλας
For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
- Mark 6:27 ἀποστείλας
So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.
- Mark 8:26 ἀπέστειλεν
Jesus sent him home and said, “Do not go back into the village.”
- Mark 9:37 ἀποστείλαντά
“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes not only Me, but the One who sent Me.”
- Mark 11:1 ἀποστέλλει
As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two of His disciples
- Mark 11:3 ἀποστέλλει
If anyone asks, ‘Why are you doing this?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it and will return it shortly.’”
- Mark 12:2 ἀπέστειλεν
At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
- Mark 12:3 ἀπέστειλαν
But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
- Mark 12:4 ἀπέστειλεν
Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.
- Mark 12:5 ἀπέστειλεν
He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.
- Mark 12:6 ἀπέστειλεν
Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
- Mark 12:13 ἀποστέλλουσιν
Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to catch Jesus in His words.
- Mark 13:27 ἀποστελεῖ
And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
- Mark 14:13 ἀποστέλλει
So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him,
- Luke 1:19 ἀπεστάλην
“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
- Luke 1:26 ἀπεστάλη
In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
- Luke 4:18 ἈπέσταλκένἈποστεῖλαι
“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
- Luke 4:43 ἀπεστάλην
But Jesus told them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because that is why I was sent.”
- Luke 7:3 ἀπέστειλεν
When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant.
- Luke 7:20 ἀπέστειλεν
When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?’”
- Luke 7:27 ἀποστέλλω
This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’
- Luke 9:2 ἀπέστειλεν
And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.