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apostellō G649

ἀποστέλλω (apostellō) means “to send” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἀποστέλλω Greek · G649 131 tagged occurrences in 129 verses

Pronunciation guide: ap-os-tel'-lo Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G0649

ἀποστέλλω · apostellō · to send

ἀπο-στέλλω, [in LXX very freq., almost always for שׁלח ;] prop., to send away, to dispatch on service; 1. to send with a commission, or on service; (a) of persons: Christ, Mat.10:40; the apostles, 10:16; servants, Mrk.12:2; angels, 13:27; (b) of things: ὄνος, Mat.21:3; τὸ δρέπανον, Mrk.4:29; τ. λόγον, Act.10:36; τ. ἐπαγγελίαν (i.e. the promised Holy Spirit), Luk.24:49, Rec.; before εἰς, Mat.20:2, Luk.11:49, Jhn.3:17; ὀπίσω, Luk.19:14; ἔμπροσθεν, Jhn.3:28; πρὸ προσώπου, Mat.11:10; πρός, Mat.21:34; with ref. to sender or place of departure: ἀπό, Luk.1:26 (Rec. ὑπό); παρά, Jhn.1:6; ἐκ, ib. 1:19; ὑπό, Act.10:17 (Rec. ἀπό); before inf., Mrk.3:14, al.; ἵνα, Mrk.12:2, al.; εἰς (of purpose), Heb.1:14; without direct obj.: before πρός, Jhn.5:33; λέγων, Jhn.11:3; ἀποστείλας, with indic., Mat.2:16, Act.7:14, Rev.1:1. 2. to send away, dismiss: Luk.4:18, Mrk.5:10 8:26 12:3 (cf. ἐξ-, συν-αποστέλλω). SYN.: πέμπω, the general term. ἀ. "suggests official or authoritative sending" (see Thayer, see word πέμπω; Westc., Jo., 298; Epp. Jo., 125; Cremer, 529; MM, see word). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I send forth, send (as a messenger, commission, etc.), send away, dismiss.

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How translators render G649

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
sent 38
he sent 17
has sent 6
i will send 4
am sending 3
and sent 3
send 3
sent out 3
they sent 3
have sent 2
he has sent 2
he will send 2
he will send out 2
i was sent 2
jesus sent 2
am sending you out 1
be sent out 1
had ordered 1
had sent 1
has been sent 1
has sent me 1
have sent orders 1
he sent out 1
he sent them out 1
he swings 1
i am sending you out 1
i have been sent 1
i have sent 1
i sent 1
i sent you out 1
jesus sent out 1
not to send 1
send us 1
sending 1
sending orders 1
sending their gifts 1
sent for 1
sent him away 1
sent word 1
that he may send 1
they are sent 1
they sent someone in 1
they sent word 1
to release 1
to send them out 1
we are sending 1
who had been sent 1
who sent 1
who was sent 1
who were sent 1
will return 1
will send 1
will send out 1
you have sent 1
you sent 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
sent 35
he sent 16
send 10
hath sent 9
sent forth 5
forth 4
hast sent 4
him that sent 4
away 3
have sent 2
he sendeth forth 2
he shall send 2
he will send 2
i sent 2
i will send 2
they sent 2
they sent out 2
thou hast sent 2
were sent 2
am i sent 1
am sent 1
and sent 1
and sent forth 1
and sent it 1
are sent 1
did 1
didst send 1
had sent 1
had sent forth 1
have i sent 1
he hath sent 1
he might send 1
he putteth in 1
he sendeth 1
he sent forth 1
he would 1
i am 1
i send 1
is 1
is sent 1
sent and 1
sent down 1
shall he send 1
shall send forth 1
them which are sent 1
they be sent 1
they send 1
to send 1
to set 1
was sent 1
were sent went 1
which were sent 1

Verses containing G649

Page 2 of 3. 129 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Luke 9:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  2. Luke 9:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He sent messengers on ahead, who went into a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him.

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  3. Luke 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  4. Luke 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

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  5. Luke 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

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  6. Luke 11:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.’

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  7. Luke 13:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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!

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  8. Luke 14:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

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  9. Luke 14:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.

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  10. Luke 19:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

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  11. Luke 19:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As He approached Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples,

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  12. Luke 19:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So those who were sent went out and found it just as Jesus had told them.

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  13. Luke 20:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  14. Luke 20:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  15. Luke 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”

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  16. Luke 22:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.

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  17. John 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.

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  18. John 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”

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  19. John 1:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the Pharisees who had been sent

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  20. John 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

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  21. John 3:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

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  22. John 3:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

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  23. John 4:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  24. John 5:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

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  25. John 5:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  26. John 5:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.

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  27. John 6:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”

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  28. John 6:57 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  29. John 7:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”

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  30. John 7:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.

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  31. John 8:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  32. John 9:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.

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  33. John 10:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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?

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  34. John 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”

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  35. John 11:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  36. John 17:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

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  37. John 17:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  38. John 17:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.

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  39. John 17:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  40. John 17:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  41. John 17:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.

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  42. John 18:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.

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  43. John 20:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”

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  44. Acts 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

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    Source alternate reference: 3.19

  45. Acts 3:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

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  46. Acts 5:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  47. Acts 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.

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  48. Acts 7:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.’

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  49. Acts 7:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  50. Acts 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

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