ἀποστέλλω apostellō

Greek word for “to send” · Strong’s G649 · used 132 times in 130 verses

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Meaning

ἀπο-στέλλω; prop., to send away, to dispatch on service;

How it is translated

Glosses given for apostellō in context, with how often each is used:

• sent 68
• having sent 12
• has sent 8
• have sent 7
• send 6
• send forth 4
• will send 4
• may send 4
• sends 3
• sending 2
• having sent forth 1
• do send away 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 12 (6), John 17 (6), Matthew 21 (5), Acts 10 (4), Matthew 10 (3), Matthew 22 (3), Mark 6 (3), Luke 7 (3), Luke 9 (3), Luke 10 (3)

Forms

• ἀπέστειλεν 35
• ἀπέστειλαν 13
• ἀποστέλλω 8
• ἀποστείλας 7
• ἀπέστειλας 7
• ἀπεσταλμένοι 5
• ἀποστείλαντά 4
• ἀποστελεῖ 4
• ἀποστέλλει 4
• ἀπέστειλα 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with apostellō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 14
• δοῦλος doulos “slave” 11
• ἰδού idou “look!” 10
• Ἰωάννης Iōannēs “John” 9
• εὐαγγελίζομαι euangelizomai “to speak good news” 7
• δύο duo “two” 8
• λόγος logos “word” 10
• κόσμος kosmos “world” 8
• υἱός uhios “son” 10
• πατήρ patēr “father” 10
• καθώς kathōs “as/just as” 8
• προφήτης prophētēs “prophet” 7

Key verses

The verses using apostellō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 10:16 — Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
• Matthew 23:34 — Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your…
• Matthew 23:37 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even…
• Luke 4:18 — The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach…
• Luke 13:34 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen…
• John 3:34 — For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
• John 17:3 — And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
• John 17:21 — That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
• Acts 10:36 — The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
• Hebrews 1:14 — Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
• 1 Peter 1:12 — Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the…
• 1 John 4:9 — In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.