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Strong's G3992 · Greek

πέμπω

pempo · pem'-po

apparently a primary verb; to dispatch (from the subjective view or point of departure, whereas hiemi (as a stronger form of eimi) refers rather to the objective point or terminus ad quem, and 4724 denotes properly, the orderly motion involved), especially on a temporary errand;


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

πέμπω (G3992)

79 πέμπω , [in LXX chiefly for שׁלח ;] to send ; of persons: c. acc., absol., Mt 22:7 , Lk 7:19 , Jo 1:22 , II Co 9:3 , al.; ptcp. seq. verb., Mt 14:10 , Ac 19:31 , al.; ptcp. seq. διά (= Heb. בְּיוֹד probably misspelled בְּיַד , I Ki 16:20 , al.), Mt 11:2 (cf. Re 1:1 ); of teachers sent by God, Jo 1:33 4:34 , Ro 8:3 , al.; c. acc. et dat., I Co 4:17 , Phl 2:19 ; seq. πρός , c. acc., Lk 4:26 , Jo 16:7 , al.; seq. λέγων (cf. Heb. שָׁלַח לֵאמֹר Ge 38:25 , al.), Lk 7:6 , 19 ; seq. εἰς , c. acc. loc., Mt 2:8 , Lk 15:15 , al.; seq. εἰς (of purpose), Eph 6:22 , Col 4:8 , I Pe 2:14 ; c. inf., Jo 1:33 , I Co 16:3 , Re 22:16 ; of things: Re 11:10 ; seq. εἰς , Re 1:11 ; id., of purpose, Ac 11:29 , Phl 4:16 ; c. dat. pers., II Th 2:11 ; π. τ. δρέπανον σου (cf. εξαποστείλατε δρέπανα = שָׁלַח מַגָּל , Jl 3 (4):13 ), Re 14:15 , 18 (cf. ἀνα- , ἐκ- , μετα- , προ- , συν-πέμπω ). SYN. : ἀποστέλλω , q.v.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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