To summon
μεταπέμπωStrong’s G3343metapempō
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Metapempō is the Greek word usually translated “do yourself summon”, “send for” and “having been summoned”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:”
Meaning
Usually translated “do yourself summon”, “send for” and “having been summoned”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- do yourself summon 1
- to send for 1
- having been summoned 1
- did you summon 1
- do yourself send for 1
- having summoned 1
- he sent for 1
- sending for 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 8
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 10:22And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
- Acts 10:29Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
- Acts 11:13And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;
- Acts 20:1And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.
- Acts 24:24And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
- Acts 24:26He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
Greek dictionary
μεταπέμπω metapempō · to summon
μετα-πέμπω [in LXX (mid.) : Gen.27:45 (לָקַח), Num.23:7 (נָחָה: hi.), 2Ma.15:31, 3Ma.5:18 R, 4Ma.12:3 4Mac 12:6 * ;] to send after or for: pass., Act.10:29 a. Chiefly in mid., to send for, summon Act.10:5, 22 10:29 b Act.11:13 20:1 24:24, 26 25:3.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “summon” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SUM'MON, verb transitive
[Latin submoneo; sub and moneo.]
- To call, cite or notify by authority to appear at a place specified, or to attend in person to some public duty, or both; as, to summon a jury; to summon witnesses.
- To give notice to a person to appear in court and defend.
- To call or command.
- To call up; to excite into action or exertion; with up. summon up all your strength or courage.
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.