Greek verb · G4311
προπέμπω
propempoprop-em'-po
to send before, send forth.; to set forward on a journey, escort
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: propémpō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4311is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4311
to send forward, i.e. escort or aid in travel
The King James renders it: accompany, bring (forward) on journey (way), conduct forth.
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
propempo is rendered "to send before, send forth.; to set forward on a journey, escort". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Three of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to send before, send forth.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 15:3Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
Acts 15:3προπεμφθέντες
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's nine uses are in Acts.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to send before, send forth., and to set forward on a journey, escort.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to send before, send forth. | Tagged as
| WhereActs 15:3Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria… |
| to set forward on a journey, escortwith accusative of person(s), 1Co.16:11, Tit.3:13, 3Jn.6; before εἰς, Act.20:38; οὗ, 1Co.16:6; ἕως, Act.21:5; pass., Act.15:3,... | Tagged as
| WhereActs 20:38They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again… |
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| προπετής | propetes | reckless | Uses2 |
| προπορεύομαι | proporeuomai | to go before | Uses2 |
| προπάσχω | propascho | to suffer before | Uses1 |
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 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
- προπεμφθῆναι2
- προέπεμπον1
- προπεμπόντων1
- προπεμφθέντες1
- προπέμψας1
- προπέμψατε1
- προπέμψητε1
- πρόπεμψον1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)2V-APN
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural1V-AAM-2P
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular1V-AAM-2S
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-AAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person plural1V-AAS-2P
- verb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-APP-NPM
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
- verb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-PAP-GPM
Acts
three uses
Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
- προπεμφθέντεςpropemphthentesverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having been sent forward
They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.
- προέπεμπονproepemponverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: They were accompanying
But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
- προπεμπόντωνpropempontonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: while are accompanying
Romans
one use
I hope to see you on my way to Spain. And after I have enjoyed your company for a while, you can equip me for my journey.
- προπεμφθῆναιpropemphthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be equipped
1 Corinthians
two uses
Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go.
- προπέμψητεpropempseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: may equip
No one, then, should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he can return to me, for I am expecting him along with the brothers.
- προπέμψατεpropempsateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do equip
2 Corinthians
one use
I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.
- προπεμφθῆναιpropemphthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be set forward
Titus
one use
Do your best to equip Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that they will have everything they need.
- πρόπεμψονpropempsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do equip
3 John
one use
They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
- προπέμψαςpropempsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having set forward
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.