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Greek verb · G649

ἀποστέλλω

apostelloap-os-tel'-lo

to send; to send away, dismiss

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

Concordance spelling: apostéllō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G649is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 13 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 35
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G649

set apart, i.e. (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively

The King James renders it: put in, send (away, forth, out), set (at liberty).

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

apostello is rendered "to send; to send away, dismiss". It stands 132 times in the Greek text, across thirteen books.

  • Twenty-eight of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to send".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-five different ways.

The first use

When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.

Matthew 2:16ἀποστείλας

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

Where the word stands

The word stands in thirteen of the 27 New Testament books.

The other 14 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: to send, and to send away, dismiss.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to sendwith a commission, or on serviceTagged as
  • sent39
  • he sent22
  • having sent12
  • has sent7
  • have sent3
  • He sends3
  • He will send3
  • send3

and 29 more, 126 uses in all

WhereMatthew 10:40He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.
to send away, dismissLuk.4:18Tagged as
  • He may send3
  • to send forth2
  • He has sent1
WhereMark 5:10And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.

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.

ἀπόστολοςapostolosapostleUses79
ἀποστρέφωapostrephoto turn awayUses9
ἀποστερέωapostereoto defraudUses6
ἀποσπάωapospaoto draw awayUses4
ἀποστολήapostoleapostleshipUses4
ἀποστάσιονapostasiondivorceUses3
ἀποσυνάγωγοςaposynagogosexcommunicatedUses3
ἀποστασίαapostasiaapostasyUses2
ἀποστυγέωapostygeoto abhorUses1
ἀποσκευάζωaposkeuazoto pack upUses1
ἀποσκίασμαaposkiasmashadowUses1
ἀποστεγάζωapostegazoto unroofUses1

and 1 more on the stem.

All 132, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

35 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

  • ἀπέστειλεν36
  • ἀπέστειλαν13
  • ἀποστέλλω8
  • ἀποστείλας7
  • ἀπέστειλας6
  • ἀπεσταλμένοι5
  • ἀπέσταλκεν4
  • ἀπέστειλα4
  • ἀποστείλαντά4
  • ἀποστελεῖ4
  • ἀποστέλλει4
  • ἀπεστάλην3

and 23 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular38V-AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural13V-AAI-3P
  • verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular8V-PAI-1S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singular7V-AAI-2S
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular7V-AAP-NSM
  • verb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular7V-RAI-3S
  • verb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural5V-RPP-NPM
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular4V-AAI-1S
  • verb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular4V-AAP-ASM
  • verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-FAI-3S
  • verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-PAI-3S
  • verb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person singular3V-2API-1S

Matthew

twenty-two uses
  • When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.

    Matthew 2:16

    • ἀποστείλαςaposteilasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sent forth
  • So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

    Matthew 8:31

    • ἀπόστειλονaposteilonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do send away
  • These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.

    Matthew 10:5

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sent forth
  • Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

    Matthew 10:16

    • ἀποστέλλωapostelloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: send forth
  • He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.

    Matthew 10:40

    • ἀποστείλαντάaposteilantaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’

    Matthew 11:10

    • ἀποστέλλωapostelloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: send
  • The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.

    Matthew 13:41

    • ἀποστελεῖaposteleiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Will send forth
  • And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding region. People brought all the sick to Him

    Matthew 14:35

    • ἀπέστειλανapesteilanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: sent
  • He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

    Matthew 15:24

    • ἀπεστάληνapestalenverb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I was sent
  • He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

    Matthew 20:2

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he sent
  • As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,

    Matthew 21:1

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sent
  • If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

    Matthew 21:3

    • ἀποστελεῖaposteleiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will send
  • When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

    Matthew 21:34

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he sent
  • Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

    Matthew 21:36

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he sent
  • Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

    Matthew 21:37

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he sent
  • He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

    Matthew 22:3

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he sent
  • Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

    Matthew 22:4

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he sent
  • They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.

    Matthew 22:16

    • ἀποστέλλουσινapostellousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they send
  • Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.

    Matthew 23:34

    • ἀποστέλλωapostelloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: send
  • O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

    Matthew 23:37

    • ἀπεσταλμένουςapestalmenousverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: sent
  • And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

    Matthew 24:31

    • ἀποστελεῖaposteleiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will send
  • While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”

    Matthew 27:19

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sent

Mark

twenty uses
  • As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”

    Mark 1:2

    • ἀποστέλλωapostelloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: send
  • He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,

    Mark 3:14

    • ἀποστέλλῃapostelleverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He may send
  • Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,

    Mark 3:31

    • ἀπέστειλανapesteilanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: sent
  • And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

    Mark 4:29

    • ἀποστέλλειapostelleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he sends
  • And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.

    Mark 5:10

    • ἀποστείλῃaposteileverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He may send
  • Then Jesus called the Twelve to Him and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.

    Mark 6:7

    • ἀποστέλλεινapostelleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to send forth
  • For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.

    Mark 6:17

    • ἀποστείλαςaposteilasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.

    Mark 6:27

    • ἀποστείλαςaposteilasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • Jesus sent him home and said, “Do not go back into the village.”

    Mark 8:26

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He sent
  • “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes not only Me, but the One who sent Me.”

    Mark 9:37

    • ἀποστείλαντάaposteilantaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two of His disciples

    Mark 11:1

    • ἀποστέλλειapostelleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He sends
  • If anyone asks, ‘Why are you doing this?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it and will return it shortly.’”

    Mark 11:3

    • ἀποστέλλειapostelleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He sends
  • At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

    Mark 12:2

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he sent
  • But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

    Mark 12:3

    • ἀπέστειλανapesteilanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they sent away
  • Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.

    Mark 12:4

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he sent
  • He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.

    Mark 12:5

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He sent
  • Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

    Mark 12:6

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he sent
  • Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to catch Jesus in His words.

    Mark 12:13

    • ἀποστέλλουσινapostellousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they send
  • And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

    Mark 13:27

    • ἀποστελεῖaposteleiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will send
  • So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him,

    Mark 14:13

    • ἀποστέλλειapostelleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He sends forth

Luke

twenty-six uses
  • “I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

    Luke 1:19

    • ἀπεστάληνapestalenverb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I was sent
  • In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

    Luke 1:26

    • ἀπεστάληapestaleverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was sent
  • “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

    Luke 4:18

    • ἀπέσταλκένapestalkenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He has sent
    • ἀποστεῖλαιaposteilaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to send forth
  • But Jesus told them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because that is why I was sent.”

    Luke 4:43

    • ἀπεστάληνapestalenverb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: have I been sent forth
  • When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant.

    Luke 7:3

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he sent
  • When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?’”

    Luke 7:20

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has sent
  • This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’

    Luke 7:27

    • ἀποστέλλωapostelloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I send
  • And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

    Luke 9:2

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He sent
  • And He said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes the One who sent Me. For whoever is the least among all of you, he is the greatest.”

    Luke 9:48

    • ἀποστείλαντάaposteilantaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • He sent messengers on ahead, who went into a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him.

    Luke 9:52

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He sent
  • After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.

    Luke 10:1

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sent
  • Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

    Luke 10:3

    • ἀποστέλλωapostelloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I send forth
  • Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

    Luke 10:16

    • ἀποστείλαντάaposteilantaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’

    Luke 11:49

    • ἀποστελῶaposteloverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will send
  • O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

    Luke 13:34

    • ἀπεσταλμένουςapestalmenousverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: sent
  • When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

    Luke 14:17

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he sent
  • And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.

    Luke 14:32

    • ἀποστείλαςaposteilasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

    Luke 19:14

    • ἀπέστειλανapesteilanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: sent
  • As He approached Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples,

    Luke 19:29

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He sent
  • So those who were sent went out and found it just as Jesus had told them.

    Luke 19:32

    • ἀπεσταλμένοιapestalmenoiverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: sent
  • At 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.

    Luke 20:10

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he sent
  • So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.

    Luke 20:20

    • ἀπέστειλανapesteilanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they sent
  • Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare for us to eat the Passover.”

    Luke 22:8

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He sent
  • Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.

    Luke 22:35

    • ἀπέστειλαapesteilaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I sent
  • And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

    Luke 24:49

    • ἀποστέλλωapostelloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: am sending

John

twenty-eight uses
  • There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.

    John 1:6

    • ἀπεσταλμένοςapestalmenosverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: sent
  • And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”

    John 1:19

    • ἀπέστειλανapesteilanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: sent
  • Then the Pharisees who had been sent

    John 1:24

    • ἀπεσταλμένοιapestalmenoiverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: sent
  • For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

    John 3:17

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sent
  • You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

    John 3:28

    • ἀπεσταλμένοςapestalmenosverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: sent
  • For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

    John 3:34

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sent
  • I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”

    John 4:38

    • ἀπέστειλαapesteilaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: sent
  • You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

    John 5:33

    • ἀπεστάλκατεapestalkateverb · perfect active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: have sent
  • But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

    John 5:36

    • ἀπέσταλκενapestalkenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has sent
  • nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.

    John 5:38

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sent
  • Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”

    John 6:29

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has sent
  • Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.

    John 6:57

    • ἀπέστειλένapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sent
  • but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”

    John 7:29

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sent
  • When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.

    John 7:32

    • ἀπέστειλανapesteilanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: sent
  • Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.

    John 8:42

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sent
  • Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.

    John 9:7

    • ἀπεσταλμένοςapestalmenosverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Sent
  • then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?

    John 10:36

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He sent
  • So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”

    John 11:3

    • ἀπέστειλανapesteilanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Sent
  • I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”

    John 11:42

    • ἀπέστειλαςapesteilasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: sent
  • Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

    John 17:3

    • ἀπέστειλαςapesteilasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: You have sent
  • For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

    John 17:8

    • ἀπέστειλας.¶apesteilasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: sent
  • As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.

    John 17:18

    • ἀπέστειλαςapesteilasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: You sent
    • ἀπέστειλαapesteilaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: sent
  • that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

    John 17:21

    • ἀπέστειλαςapesteilasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: sent
  • I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.

    John 17:23

    • ἀπέστειλαςapesteilasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: sent
  • Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.

    John 17:25

    • ἀπέστειλαςapesteilasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: sent
  • Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.

    John 18:24

    • Ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Sent
  • Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”

    John 20:21

    • ἀπέσταλκένapestalkenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has has sent forth

Acts

twenty-four uses
  • that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you.

    Acts 3:20

    • ἀποστείλῃaposteileverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He may send
  • When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

    Acts 3:26

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sent
  • At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

    Acts 5:21

    • ἀπέστειλανapesteilanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: sent
  • Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.

    Acts 7:14

    • ἀποστείλαςaposteilasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having sent
  • I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’

    Acts 7:34

    • ἀποστείλωaposteiloverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may send
  • This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

    Acts 7:35

    • ἀπέσταλκενapestalkenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has sent
  • When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

    Acts 8:14

    • ἀπέστειλανapesteilanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they sent
  • So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

    Acts 9:17

    • ἀπέσταλκένapestalkenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has sent
  • Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples heard that Peter was there and sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.”

    Acts 9:38

    • ἀπέστειλανapesteilanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: sent
  • He explained what had happened and sent them to Joppa.

    Acts 10:8

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he sent
  • While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.

    Acts 10:17

    • ἀπεσταλμένοιapestalmenoiverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: sent
  • So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”

    Acts 10:20

    • ἀπέσταλκαapestalkaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: have sent
  • He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

    Acts 10:36

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He sent
  • Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.

    Acts 11:11

    • ἀπεσταλμένοιapestalmenoiverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: sent
  • He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

    Acts 11:13

    • ἀπόστειλονaposteilonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do send forth
  • This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.

    Acts 11:30

    • ἀποστείλαντεςaposteilantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having sent
  • After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”

    Acts 13:15

    • ἀπέστειλανapesteilanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: sent
  • Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to tell you in person the same things we are writing.

    Acts 15:27

    • ἀπεστάλκαμενapestalkamenverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: We have sent
  • After spending some time there, they were sent off by the brothers in peace to return to those who had sent them.

    Acts 15:33

    • ἀποστείλανταςaposteilantasverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: having sent
  • When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers with the order: “Release those men.”

    Acts 16:35

    • ἀπέστειλανapesteilanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: sent
  • The jailer informed Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. Now you may go on your way in peace.”

    Acts 16:36

    • ἀπέσταλκανapestalkanverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Have sent
  • He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.

    Acts 19:22

    • ἀποστείλαςaposteilasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having sent
  • I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

    Acts 26:17

    • ἀποστέλλωapostelloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: am sending
  • Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”

    Acts 28:28

    • ἀπεστάληapestaleverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been sent

Romans

one use
  • And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

    Romans 10:15

    • ἀποσταλῶσινapostalosinverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they shall be sent

1 Corinthians

one use
  • For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

    1 Corinthians 1:17

    • ἀπέστειλένapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sent

2 Corinthians

one use
  • Did I exploit you by anyone I sent you?

    2 Corinthians 12:17

    • ἀπέσταλκαapestalkaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have sent

2 Timothy

one use
  • Tychicus, however, I have sent to Ephesus.

    2 Timothy 4:12

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

Hebrews

one use
  • Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

    Hebrews 1:14

    • ἀποστελλόμεναapostellomenaverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: being sent forth

1 Peter

one use
  • It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

    1 Peter 1:12

    • ἀποσταλέντιapostalentiverb · aorist passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: having been sent

1 John

three uses
  • This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

    1 John 4:9

    • ἀπέσταλκενapestalkenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has sent
  • And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

    1 John 4:10

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He sent
  • And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.

    1 John 4:14

    • ἀπέσταλκενapestalkenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has sent

Revelation

three uses
  • This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

    Revelation 1:1

    • ἀποστείλαςaposteilasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sent
  • Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

    Revelation 5:6

    • ἀπεσταλμένοιapestalmenoiverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: sent out
  • Then the angel said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His angel to show His servants what must soon take place.”

    Revelation 22:6

    • ἀπέστειλενapesteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sent

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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.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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