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Greek verb · G3992

πέμπω

pempopem'-po

to send

79 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: pémpō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3992is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 16 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 25
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G3992

to dispatch (from the subjective view or point of departure, whereas refers rather to the objective point or, and denotes properly, the orderly motion involved), especially on a temporary errand

The King James renders it: send, thrust in.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

pempo is rendered "to send". It stands 79 times in the Greek text, across sixteen books.

  • Thirty-two of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:8And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-five different ways.

The first use

And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”

Matthew 2:8πέμψας

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Thirty-two of the word's seventy-nine uses are in John.

The other 11 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • having sent33
  • to send9
  • do send5
  • I sent5
  • I have sent3
  • I will send3
  • sent3
  • will send3
  • do put forth2
  • being sent1
  • having been sent1
  • he having sent1

and 10 more, 79 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

πέμπτοςpemptosfifthUses4

All 79, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

25 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • πέμψας15
  • ἔπεμψα9
  • πέμψαι8
  • πέμψαντός7
  • πέμψον7
  • πέμψαντά6
  • πέμψω6
  • ἔπεμψεν3
  • πέμψαντος2
  • ἐπέμφθη1
  • ἐπέμψαμεν1
  • ἐπέμψατε1

and 13 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular15V-AAP-NSM
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular9V-AAI-1S
  • verb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular9V-AAP-GSM
  • verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)8V-AAN
  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular7V-AAM-2S
  • verb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular7V-AAP-ASM
  • verb · future active, indicative · 1st person singular4V-FAI-1S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singular2V-AAS-1S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-AAI-1P
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-AAI-2P
  • verb · aorist active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1V-AAP-DPM

Matthew

four uses
  • And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”

    Matthew 2:8

    • πέμψαςpempsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples

    Matthew 11:2

    • πέμψαςpempsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.

    Matthew 14:10

    • πέμψαςpempsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: he having sent
  • The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.

    Matthew 22:7

    • πέμψαςpempsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sent

Mark

one use
  • So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”

    Mark 5:12

    • πέμψονpempsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do send

Luke

ten uses
  • Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.

    Luke 4:26

    • ἐπέμφθηepemphtheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was sent
  • So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.

    Luke 7:6

    • ἔπεμψενepempsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sent
  • And when the messengers returned to the house, they found the servant in good health.

    Luke 7:10

    • πεμφθέντεςpemphthentesverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having been sent
  • So John called two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”

    Luke 7:19

    • ἔπεμψενepempsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sent
  • So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.

    Luke 15:15

    • ἔπεμψενepempsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he sent
  • So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’

    Luke 16:24

    • πέμψονpempsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do send
  • ‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,

    Luke 16:27

    • πέμψῃςpempsesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: you may send
  • So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.

    Luke 20:11

    • πέμψαιpempsaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to send
  • Then he sent a third, but they wounded him and threw him out.

    Luke 20:12

    • πέμψαιpempsaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to send
  • ‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’

    Luke 20:13

    • πέμψωpempsoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will send

John

thirty-two uses
  • So they said to him, “Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

    John 1:22

    • πέμψασινpempsasinverb · aorist active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: having sent
  • I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

    John 1:33

    • πέμψαςpempsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

    John 4:34

    • πέμψαντόςpempsantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

    John 5:23

    • πέμψανταpempsantaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

    John 5:24

    • πέμψαντίpempsantiverb · aorist active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

    John 5:30

    • πέμψαντόςpempsantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,

    John 5:37

    • πέμψαςpempsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

    John 6:38

    • πέμψαντόςpempsantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.

    John 6:39

    • πέμψαντόςpempsantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

    John 6:44

    • πέμψαςpempsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • “My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.

    John 7:16

    • πέμψαντόςpempsantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.

    John 7:18

    • πέμψαντοςpempsantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,

    John 7:28

    • πέμψαςpempsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.

    John 7:33

    • πέμψαντάpempsantaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.

    John 8:16

    • πέμψαςpempsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.”

    John 8:18

    • πέμψαςpempsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • “I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”

    John 8:26

    • πέμψαςpempsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”

    John 8:29

    • πέμψαςpempsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

    John 9:4

    • πέμψαντόςpempsantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me.

    John 12:44

    • πέμψαντάpempsantaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me.

    John 12:45

    • πέμψαντάpempsantaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.

    John 12:49

    • πέμψαςpempsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

    John 13:16

    • πέμψαντοςpempsantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.”

    John 13:20

    • πέμψωpempsoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I shall send
    • πέμψαντάpempsantaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.

    John 14:24

    • πέμψαντόςpempsantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.

    John 14:26

    • πέμψειpempseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will send
  • But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.

    John 15:21

    • πέμψαντάpempsantaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.

    John 15:26

    • πέμψωpempsoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: will send
  • Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

    John 16:5

    • πέμψαντάpempsantaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.

    John 16:7

    • πέμψωpempsoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will send
  • Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”

    John 20:21

    • πέμπωpempoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: send

Acts

eleven uses
  • Now send men to Joppa to call for a man named Simon who is called Peter.

    Acts 10:5

    • πέμψονpempsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do send
  • Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’

    Acts 10:32

    • πέμψονpempsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do send
  • So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”

    Acts 10:33

    • ἔπεμψαepempsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I sent
  • So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

    Acts 11:29

    • πέμψαιpempsaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to send
  • Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,

    Acts 15:22

    • πέμψαιpempsaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to send
  • So we all agreed to choose men to send to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

    Acts 15:25

    • πέμψαιpempsaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to send
  • Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.

    Acts 19:31

    • πέμψαντεςpempsantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having sent
  • From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.

    Acts 20:17

    • πέμψαςpempsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.

    Acts 23:30

    • ἔπεμψαepempsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I sent
  • But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.

    Acts 25:25

    • πέμπεινpempeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to send
  • For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”

    Acts 25:27

    • πέμπονταpempontaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: sending

Romans

one use
  • For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,

    Romans 8:3

    • πέμψαςpempsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sent

1 Corinthians

two uses
  • That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.

    1 Corinthians 4:17

    • ἔπεμψαepempsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I sent
  • Then, on my arrival, I will send letters with those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

    1 Corinthians 16:3

    • πέμψωpempsoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will send

2 Corinthians

one use
  • But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.

    2 Corinthians 9:3

    • ἔπεμψαepempsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have sent

Ephesians

one use
  • I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about us, and that he may encourage your hearts.

    Ephesians 6:22

    • ἔπεμψαepempsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have sent

Philippians

five uses
  • Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I learn how you are doing.

    Philippians 2:19

    • πέμψαιpempsaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to send
  • So I hope to send him as soon as I see what happens with me.

    Philippians 2:23

    • πέμψαιpempsaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to send
  • But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my needs.

    Philippians 2:25

    • πέμψαιpempsaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to send
  • Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious.

    Philippians 2:28

    • ἔπεμψαepempsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have sent
  • For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again.

    Philippians 4:16

    • ἐπέμψατεepempsateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you sent

Colossians

one use
  • I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about us, and that he may encourage your hearts.

    Colossians 4:8

    • ἔπεμψαepempsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I sent

1 Thessalonians

two uses
  • We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,

    1 Thessalonians 3:2

    • ἐπέμψαμενepempsamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we sent
  • For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain.

    1 Thessalonians 3:5

    • ἔπεμψαepempsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I sent

2 Thessalonians

one use
  • For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,

    2 Thessalonians 2:11

    • πέμπειpempeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sends

Titus

one use
  • As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there.

    Titus 3:12

    • πέμψωpempsoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may send

1 Peter

one use
  • or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.

    1 Peter 2:14

    • πεμπομένοιςpempomenoisverb · present passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: being sent

Revelation

five uses
  • saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

    Revelation 1:11

    • πέμψονpempsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do send
  • And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.

    Revelation 11:10

    • πέμψουσινpempsousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will send
  • Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest; for the crop of the earth is ripe.”

    Revelation 14:15

    • πέμψονpempsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do put forth
  • Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”

    Revelation 14:18

    • πέμψονpempsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do put forth
  • “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”

    Revelation 22:16

    • ἔπεμψαepempsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: sent

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