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To send

ἀποστέλλωStrong’s G0649

apostellō

Appears in 131 verses of the New Testament

In short

Apostellō is the Greek word usually translated “sent”, “having sent” and “has sent”. It appears in 131 verses of the New Testament.

“Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.”
Matthew 2:16 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “sent”, “having sent” and “has sent”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • sent 41
  • he sent 22
  • having sent 12
  • has sent 7
  • send 3
  • he will send 3
  • he may send 3
  • he sends 3

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • John 27
  • Luke 25
  • Acts 25
  • Matthew 22
  • Mark 20
  • 1 John 3

13 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 131 verses, by book
Romans 1
10:15
1 Corinthians 1
1:17
2 Corinthians 1
12:17
2 Timothy 1
4:12
Hebrews 1
1:14
1 Peter 1
1:12
1 John 3
4:94:104:14
Revelation 3
1:15:622:6
Greek dictionary

ἀποστέλλω apostellō · to send

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; …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “send” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SEND, verb transitive

preterit tense and participle passive sent.

  1. In adjective general sense, to throw, cast or thrust; to impel or drive by force to a distance, either with the hand or with an instrument or by other means.
  2. To cause to be conveyed or transmitted; as, to send letters or dispatches from one country to another.
  3. To cause to go or pass from place to place; as, to send a messenger from London to Madrid.
  4. To commission, autorize or direct to go and act.“I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran” Jeremiah 23:21
All definitions and other forms of “send”
  1. To cause to come or fall; to bestow.“He sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust” Matthew 5:45
  2. To cause to come or fall; to inflict.
  3. To propagate; to diffuse.
  4. To emit; as flowers send forth their fragrance.

SEND, verb intransitive

To dispatch an agent or messenger for some purpose.

  1. “See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head?” 2 Kings 6:32

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.