To send
πέμπωStrong’s G3992pempō
Appears in 78 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pempō is the Greek word usually translated “having sent”, “send” and “do send”. It appears in 78 verses of the New Testament.
“And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:”
Meaning
Usually translated “having sent”, “send” and “do send”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- having sent 33
- to send 9
- do send 5
- i sent 5
- sent 3
- i will send 3
- will send 3
- i have sent 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 31
- Acts 11
- Luke 10
- Philippians 5
- Revelation 5
- Matthew 4
16 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Titus 3:12In contextWhen I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.
- Matthew 2:8And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
- Matthew 11:2Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
- Matthew 14:10And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
- Matthew 22:7But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
- Mark 5:12And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
All 78 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
πέμπω pempō · to send
πέμπω [in LXX chiefly for שָׁלַח ;] to send; (a) of persons: with accusative, absol., Mat.22:7, Luk.7:19, Jhn.1:22, 2Co.9:3, al.; ptcp. before verb., Mat.14:10, Act.19:31, al.; ptcp. before διά (= Heb. יָד;, 1Ki.16:20, al.), Mat.11:2 (cf. Rev.1:1); of teachers sent by God, Jhn.1:33 4:34, Rom.8:3, al.; with accusative and dative, 1Co.4:17, Php.2:19; before πρός, with accusative, Luk.4:26, Jhn.16:7, al.; before λέγων (cf. Heb. אָמַר שָׁלַח Gen.38:25, al.), Luk.7:6, 19; before εἰς, with accusative loc., Mat.2:8, Luk.15:15, al.; before εἰς (of purpose), Eph.6:22, Col.4:8, 1Pe.2:14; with inf., J …
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.
- 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.
- To cause to be conveyed or transmitted; as, to send letters or dispatches from one country to another.
- To cause to go or pass from place to place; as, to send a messenger from London to Madrid.
- 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”
- To cause to come or fall; to bestow.“He sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust” Matthew 5:45
- To cause to come or fall; to inflict.
- To propagate; to diffuse.
- To emit; as flowers send forth their fragrance.
SEND, verb intransitive
To dispatch an agent or messenger for some purpose.
- “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.