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To summon

μεταπέμπωStrong’s G3343

metapempō

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:”
Acts 10:5 KJV
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.

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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.]

  1. 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.
  2. To give notice to a person to appear in court and defend.
  3. To call or command.
  4. 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.