Word Study · Strong's G1821 · Greek
ἐξαποστέλλω
exapostello
ex-ap-os-tel'-lo
Strong's 1890 spelling: exapostéllō
“to send away forth, i.e. (on a mission) to despatch, or (peremptorily) to dismiss”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to send away forth, i.e. (on a mission) to despatch, or (peremptorily) to dismiss
Rendered in the KJV as
send (away, forth, out).
- 12occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- ἐξαπέστειλαν5
- ἐξαπέστειλεν5
- ἐξαπεστάλη.1
- ἐξαποστελῶ1
How it is rendered · 9
- sent away3
- sent forth2
- has sent forth1
- He has sent away1
- he sent forth1
- they sent away1
- they sent forth1
- was sent out.1
- will send1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person plural5
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular5
- verb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · future active, statement · 1st person singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-2AAI-3P · 5
- V-2AAI-3S · 5
- V-2API-3S · 1
- V-FAI-1S · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Luke3 occurrences
- Luke 1:53ἐξαπέστειλενexapesteilenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularHe has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.here: He has sent away
- Luke 20:10ἐξαπέστειλανexapesteilanverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralAt harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.here: sent away
- Luke 20:11ἐξαπέστειλανexapesteilanverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralSo he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.here: they sent away
Acts7 occurrences
- Acts 7:12ἐξαπέστειλενexapesteilenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularWhen Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.here: he sent forth
- Acts 9:30ἐξαπέστειλανexapesteilanverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralWhen the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.here: sent away
- Acts 11:22ἐξαπέστειλανexapesteilanverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralWhen news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.here: they sent forth
- Acts 12:11ἐξαπέστειλενexapesteilenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularThen Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”here: has sent forth
- Acts 13:26ἐξαπεστάλη.exapestalēverb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person singularBrothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.here: was sent out.
- Acts 17:14ἐξαπέστειλανexapesteilanverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralThe brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.here: sent away
- Acts 22:21ἐξαποστελῶexapostelōverb · future active, statement · 1st person singularThen He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”here: will send
Galatians2 occurrences
- Galatians 4:4ἐξαπέστειλενexapesteilenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularBut when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,here: sent forth
- Galatians 4:6ἐξαπέστειλενexapesteilenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularAnd because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”here: sent forth