ἀποστέλλω: Difference between revisions

|astxt=[[ἀποστέλλω]], [in LXX very freq., almost always for שׁלח;] <br />prop., to send away, to dispatch on service;<br /><b class="num">1.</b>to send with a commission, or on service;<br /><b class="num">(a)</b>of persons: Christ, Mt 10:40; the apostles, 10:16; servants, Mk 12:2; angels, 13:27; <br /><b class="num">(b)</b>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, ib. 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. <br /><b class="num">2.</b>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.).