exapostellō · send out

What it means

exapostellō (ἐξαποστέλλω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “send out”.

Send away.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To dispatch someone to another place with a task to carry out.
2. To dismiss someone.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• sent out ×4
• sent away ×2
• sent forth ×2
• am sending ×1
• has been sent ×1
• sent him away ×1
• sent him off ×1
• sent off ×1
• will send ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• Luke×4
• Acts×7
• Galatians×2

• Mark 16:8

  And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. Shorter ending: And all that they had been commanded they reported briefly to those around Peter. And after these things Jesus himself also sent out through them, from east to west, the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. Amen.

• Luke 1:53

  the hungry he has filled with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.

• Luke 20:10

  And at the harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard; but the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

• Luke 20:11

  And he went on to send another slave; but they beat that one too and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed.

• Luke 24:49

  And look, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you; but you stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

• Acts 7:12

  But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.

• Acts 9:30

  And when the brothers learned of it, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

• Acts 11:22

  And the word about them was heard in the ears of the assembly that was in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas as far as Antioch.

• Acts 12:11

  And Peter, coming to himself, said, “Now I know truly that the Lord has sent out his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.”

• Acts 13:26

  Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us the word of this salvation has been sent.

• Acts 17:14

  So then the brothers at once sent off Paul to go as far as the sea, and both Silas and Timothy remained there.

• Acts 22:21

  And he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you far away to the nations.’”

• Galatians 4:4

  But when the fullness of time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

• Galatians 4:6

  And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”