Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-στέλλω (G649)
136 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.).
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